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D2 - Fuel and Exhausts Everything to do with getting fuel into the engine, and fumes back out again |
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My new X-pipe exhaust
I finally got a new exhaust, this summer, but only now got round to posting some pics.
I will take some video so you can hear how it sounds too. There are a few issues, they installed the exhaust tips the wrong way round, and more importantly there is annoying drone between 1500rpm and 1900rpm. So I will have to go back to sort out those issues. Apart from that, it sounds great, finally the very loud rattling stock cat is gone. The X-pipe design is my choice, to go before the cats is key, and also to copy the Mr Ott X-pipe or V2 pipe as he calls it. The copy was not completely successful, I think they should have done a smaller angle on exit, and the cross over section should have been a little bit longer. The cats I bought myself, they are HJS cats. I modified the rear valance myself, but had to take it to a local spray shop for painting. I'll do a separate thread on that, I should have some pics somewhere. Last edited by Goran; 22nd October 2016 at 07:36 PM. |
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Exhaust porn
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Thats a most impressively clean floorpan!!
Have you welded new flanges on the stock downpipes? |
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That welding is actually sexy. Looks great
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That must sound awesome!
(And unlike American's, I don't use that word lightly!) ...Provided it doesn't drone! And with cats, mufflers and resonators, it's even legal in Oz (provided the 90dB driveby restriction isn't exceeded!) :thumbsup:
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That x-pipe is a real thing of beauty!
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Thanks guys
Yes, those are definitely not stock flanges. Although I didn't do any welding (I can't weld), all the thanks goes to Mike Edwards he made the whole exhaust, amazing welder. He is based near Heathrow. |
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No more plastic covers in the rear below the boot?
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Very nice!!
I've been considering something very similar myself. Is an additional heat shield above the X-pipe not needed? Was it designed/fitted by trial and error or does he have plans and measurements accurate enough to make another without the vehicle present? Assuming he wants to make another, I might be interested in having one made and couriered up to me, if he could be confident of a perfect fit.
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Hi Sergey, I had to remove it, it was in the way of the exhaust pipe.
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I don't know, I left the car with him for a few weeks. Probably trial and error if I had to guess. This is his facebook page. I went with him because of loads of good reviews on several sites including Pistonheads. He has a mandrel bender his exhausts are proper mandrel bends. https://en-gb.facebook.com/Edwardsmotorsport37/ |
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