Pictures of RS2 vs Stock EM

[PeterS]

Folks:
I've seen photos before, but of course I can't find them now.
How can one visaully confirm that an RS2 EM is installed vs a stock 3B/ABY one?

Thanks!

[BRY]

RS2 upside down

[BRY]

RS2

S2
1 and 5 have a different route on the RS2
Sorry bout the first pic

[Jon441cc]

S2


RS2

[PeterS]

Bry:
It also looks like the RS2 has more external "ribs" or cast lines?

-peter

[BRY]

Bry:
It also looks like the RS2 has more external "ribs" or cast lines?

-peter

Looks that way, but the main difference is the route of the gases to the turbo for 1 and 5.

[PeterS]

Bry:

Understand that, but if you are looking at an installed EM and turbo in a car, you cannot necessarily see all that much of the EM - typically just the top of it around the WG, and a little from the side, correct?

Put it this way, if someone claims to have an RS2 EM installed on their car, whats the easiest way of verifying it ? :-)

[Greg_S]

yes it does have more ribs because the standard S2 manifold has 2 cylinders join into pipe to wastegate and then the main exhaust where as the RS2 manifold has them all join together and then split to wastegate and turbo

[PeterS]

so is this an RS2 EM & Turbo?

Is this an RS2 EM & turbo?

[PeterS]

another picture

another view

[ridgeracer]

that was pictures of a RS2 manifold..

[PeterS]

hard to tell but does the turbo look like a K24 or RS2?

[S2central.net]

Impossible for me to tell from those pictures. You would need to get the wastegate off for a proper look... and looking for right part numbers on the turbo is probably sufficient - unless someone is going to lengths to hoodwink you with wrong internals - which you'd never guess from external examination anyway !


Paul

[Doug_RS2]

It is an RS2 EM - but has S2 EM studs on it - It will have had one of the studs shortened on top and 3 on the bottom shortened so that it fits on - IIRC. It should have RS2 studs all round if the work has been done properly - tut tut!