janspeed or magnex?

[B6MFD]

looking at a cat back stainless for my 2.0 8v cupra
People have said janspeed have gone bust but im told by need for speed that they are not...
so which should i go for?

 

[Ibiza4284]

defo magnex, better quality and a better sound imo

 

[Garth]

Jetex

Magnex are very nice to look at, but won't offer anything in terms of performance gain. Ask Badger Bill about Magnex, he saw the insides of one and how restrictive they are and now hates them!

 

[B6MFD]

they dont do 1 or i cant find it any way.
they do one for the 1.8 20 vt which ont fit as its the wrong bore....
yes i could moddify it but whats the point when i could get one that goes straight on?

 

[Steve]

I thought several people on here had issues with the fitment of the magnex too - knocking etc

 

[B6MFD]

god this is a pain in the arse

 

[Garth]

they dont do 1 or i cant find it any way.
they do one for the 1.8 20 vt which ont fit as its the wrong bore....
yes i could moddify it but whats the point when i could get one that goes straight on?

Is the 2.0 8v different from the 2.0 16v? The 20vt exhaust is identical to the 16v. I put a 20vt exhaust on my old 16v and the exhaust was the same apart from the tail pipe.

 

[Steve]

I think the 16v was officially meant to have a slightly bigger bore than the 8v, although I had a 16v Remus backbox on my 8v that fitted straight on so who knows. And many people have fitted standard 20VT exhausts to 8v and 16vs

 

[Garth]

And many people have fitted standard 20VT exhausts to 8v and 16vs

 

[ScottyP]

I think he's been through this on another thread

I've got a magnex on my 16v at the moment - it takes a lot of adjusting to get it hanging right, plus uprated rubbers are a must or it will just eat normal ones. Sounds nice, but at 70-80mph it gets a bt boomy (6x4 tailpipe, twin 3 might sound different)
Janspeed - got this on my girlfriends 8v, sold as a 8v/16v fitment, but comes with a sleeve to adapt for the two different sizes. Sounds growly, doesn't knock, but does need the back valance trimming as the pipes sit high.

8v's use a 50mm pipe, 16v's 55 I think I am right in saying. 20vts use 55 on the standard pipework I think.

 

[B6MFD]

right you are boss the miltek iv just sold you is a 55 as far as im aware....
p.s put the cheque in today so will post as soon as it clears

 

[B6MFD]

oh and cant i get a bigger rubber to make the tail pipe hang lower?

 

[B6MFD]

any chance you could post some pics of your lasses rear end...of the car i mean

 

[ScottyP]

will do,i'll dig some out tonight.

I think if you put a longer bush on to make it hang lower it will probably swing like a good 'un

 

[F2 Stu]

I thought several people on here had issues with the fitment of the magnex too - knocking etc

yep, rattles on the rear axle & keeps splitting exhuast rubbers.

Its a peice of **** if you ask me.

 

[B6MFD]

hmmmm............looks like im going with janspeed then.....

just hope they can still get them....other wise i dunno what im gunna do:crying:

 

[CupraRich]

I had a magnex back box on my mk2 8v cupra and it fitted a treat.Had no probs with it at all.

 

[Golf-GTI-MK1]

Got a Magnex on my Golf. Its fits perfect but the noise is doing my nut in. Going to change it for a Supersprint hopefully.

 

[davew77]

got a magnex on my cupra sport gti 8v had mine on the rollers and did 124.9bhp just with the exhaust on. 9.9bhp up on standard!

 

[Steve]

got a magnex on my cupra sport gti 8v had mine on the rollers and did 124.9bhp just with the exhaust on. 9.9bhp up on standard!

Mine did 126BHP with standard everything. Ryand's on here did 128BHP standard. Yours would have done 124.9 anyway, the exhaust makes little/no difference at all.