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juno · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:49 am Post subject: where to get a centre box?

The baffle has come lose in my centre box and makes a dreadful noise. Cannot seem to find anyone in the UK able to supply one. Anyone any ideas where I might get one or get one made up?

thanks,
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1980 924 Turbo RHD. 3" > 2.5" Stainless straight-through exhaust.

Smoothie · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:59 am Post subject:

I tried Google for an English to English translator, but there was none.

Does "centre box" = "muffler" and/or "resonator"?
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WEASEL149 · Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 595 Location: UK, Sheffield

juno · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Weasel149, thanks for replying, I had thought about that but will it still be MOT passable and legal? Any particular rear silencer you had in mind? Would the stainless one at Berlyn (part number 931.111.050.06SS) be suitable?
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1980 924 Turbo RHD. 3" > 2.5" Stainless straight-through exhaust.

WEASEL149 · Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 595 Location: UK, Sheffield

juno · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:

ok cool, thanks weasel. I only ask as a friend of mine was involved in an accident where his car got wrote off not through his fault. The other driver had taken the cat off his car. They voided his insurance and now my friend has lost his car as he didn't have comprehensive insurance.

Don't want to get into a situation like that.

Going to do as you suggested and cut it out.
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1980 924 Turbo RHD. 3" > 2.5" Stainless straight-through exhaust.

scotchw · Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Basingstoke, UK

Juno - I've just had some problems with my rear box (rear muffler!) where the pipe was fracturing on the way in. I got a 'pattern' rear exhaust section for 80GBP (including oval chrome tailpipe) on one day delivery from Euro Car Parts. Makes the Berlyn & Porscheshop ones look v.pricey. It's still a straight-through rear box (muffler).

Maybe you should try ECP for your centre section?
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'82MY 924 Turbo Euro RHD

numbbers · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:43 am Post subject:

OK, wait a minute. I don't have a front and rear muffler. I have a cat, in the middle section of the exhaust system, and a muffler at the rear. Is the Euro different?
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1980 924 Turbo

J1NX3D · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 1333 Location: New Zealand

numbbers, your exhaust sounds fine

the RoW just have a primary muffler in place of the cat.
measuring very roughly on my car, from the exhaust manifold to the primary muffler is 2.5" and from the primary thru to the rear muffler is 2.25"

i'd luv to have it 2.5" all the way thru with a resonator up front and a smaller, lighter rear muffler.
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juno · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:17 am Post subject:

scotchw - I think they list one for around £300 but it's only mild steel. ouch!

going for a 3" downpipe from H&S in stainless. just means I will be living on beans for the next month

at least my car will sound like a car and not a tractor though
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1980 924 Turbo RHD. 3" > 2.5" Stainless straight-through exhaust.

juno · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

brief update - eventually got the H&S downpipe fitted, with a Dansk rear box. Seems like the downpipe wasn't made properly, as it catches on the underneath of the car, aparrently due to a bend bend being wrong at the top. Not that easy to fix, as there's two seams all the way down the thing, and nobody I trust trusts themelves to heat it up.

H&S did say they would be able to sort it out if I went to them, but that's a 200 mile drive each way, which is £100 in fuel alone

Definately worth the money in therms of the difference it makes, seems to pick up quicker and goes faster! Sounds much better too.
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1980 924 Turbo RHD. 3" > 2.5" Stainless straight-through exhaust.