[urq] Ended Ebay 220094945974 - was it really rare? TURBO EXHAUST MANIFOL...

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In good shape, this is a rare piece.  New, all the components totalled  
~900USD just before it became NLA a couple years ago.  This was a  replacement to 
address the warp/cracking of the single piece manifold, and rumor  has it, the 
hp jumped about 10 or so on the dyno.  IMO, it's a work of art,  a fine 
overkill engineering example of how audi decided to address warping  issue.  As many 
found out however, you run the 10vt lean, the 2pc cracked  just like the 
single piece.  As well, a neglected RS motor mount would also  strain the load on 
the manifold causing cracking as well.  
 
For the urq, the best setup IME, is to use the 2pc manifold with the  
trans>wastegate brace found in the urq's and early 5kt (and if you  ordered the 2pc 
manifold 'complete', that bracket is part of the assbly).   Unfortunately, many 
of these brackets were removed during clutch service, as it  was a PITA to 
remove that bracket to do a trans R&R.
 
A lot of 2pc manifolds are out there, but ck them carefully for  
cracks/damage.  
 
HTH
 
Scott Justusson
2 1/2 Urq's
 
 
In a message dated 3/29/2007 6:51:30 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com writes:
On this forum a 2 piece exhaust manifold  is often recommended as a urq 
replacement.  I got the impression this  manifold was installed on a lot of 5000 
turbos.   This item  220094945974 sold for almost $400.  Is it rare or what was 
installed in a  lot of 5000 turbos?

steve
 



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