Living with a Porsche 944

After firing up TheHoff I discovered that the joint between the front and rear exhaust sections was blowing badly. The  existing 8v rear and new 16v front exhaust sections to not align properly which meant a hop onto the internet to try find a new rear back box section. With a little browsing I discovered an exhaust rear section on eBay from ECP that was very well priced although I'd never heard of Klarius before. Sometimes limited budgets makes for easier shopping. When I collected the new exhaust from my local ECP I noticed that it carried a Dansk sticker - being rather curious and slightly excited by this discovery and opened up the box to discover that it was indeed a polished, stainless steel Dansk system all for the bargain price of less than £130 after an additional 15% off for buying a second item - I chose a £3 rubber bung to drop the price from £150 down another £20... Although there are mixed reviews about Dansk systems I was happy enough to pay what I did...

One of the things I discovered with the 16v headers is they do not match up with the 8v exhaust downpipes… This meant sourcing a new centre section from a 16v car. I managed to find one at a breakers yard and once it had arrived I took it to my local exhaust specialist to have the front silencer removed to release more of the added horsepower. This is a side by side comparison of the 8v and 16v exhaust downpipes: With the car still on jack stands and with the help of my son I got the new exhaust in place and fitted up to the headers. Smaller hands certainly make getting the manifold to down pipe bolts and nuts in place a  lot easier! Fitted with new bolts and copper nuts along with new gaskets I was now ready to lower the car and reverse it out of the garage under it's own power for the first time in years… That was until I pushed on the clutch pedal and it pushed right down to the floor…TheHoff is fighting all the way.