Received my downpipe today and installed it. About the downpipe: Great looking welds, high quality, less weight, cheap cost. Something to look out for when installing this downpipe on the automatic is that IT is about an inch too short for the factory catback. Easy solution is to bolt up the manifold side and use a C-clamp to force catback and downpipe together. The downside is the exhaust tip is pulled under the rear fascia. Also on my downpipe, the o2 bung had excess metal that needed to be removed for the sensor to be able to drop in. If you plan on using a downpipe, I would check the bung before you bolt everything up. It took about a half hour to get the bung all cleaned up. I wish I had known this before I had bolted it up but instead of doing it the right way and pulling it back out, I pulled out my mini dremel and knocked the ridge off of it. Sounds like stock when at speed. When getting up to speed, it has a nice deep tone to it. I would have to compare the sound to double of what the stock downpipe/catback sounds like under acceleration. Totally, still a sleeper intill I get into it. Drove along a police officer for about two miles and passed him a couple of times doing the speed limit. Plus, this is with tinted taillights as well. In the seat of the pants gains, the mid range is where I can feel a difference in the turbo spooling. Turbo feels more responsive earlier on in the rpm band. After about 20 test drive miles, No codes yet. Besides, the o2 bung issue and the exhaust tip being pulled in about an inch, I am pretty satisifed with this downpipe. I will try and get some pictures of what the exhaust tip looks like on the auto w/ the factory catback.


Dave

 

Don't need pics, need a dyno run to see if any power was gained.