it was welded by www.spoolinperformance.com

half tig half mig welded.. i would have had it all tigged but i needed to get this done.

phase 1: first time cutting any kind of pipes... was kinda scared haha


phase two: ghetto tape.. but hey everything had to be lined up for it to be welded


phase three: welded the first half of the pipe


phase four: welded up the last half of the pipe


phase five: final install.. NO MORE UGLY wastegate lawnmower on crack sound


phase five #2: cut out



and overall engine bay:






the end

 

Whoa man. That is awesome. That engine shot is awesome! That manifold is sick. How much boost? You built? Man that is just awesome looking! What downpipe were you useing before?

 

Congrats Dave looks good

 

Good job mang, looks tight. I would have thought you would have put some blue ignition wires in there.

 

i don't understand why ur pipe splits off into a Y at the end with one end going to the cat and the other just being there. Is there a cap on the free end of the Y? Looks like all the exhaust would blow out before the cat, bypassing the exhaust. I'm confused.

 

He is wanting to bypass hte cat and exhaust when running a turbo you don't want restrictions like a cat and exhaust that is what the Y is for so its a straight pipe

Accordhybrid

 

He uses that for track days correct?

 

I would assume that and maybe some street races if needed

Accordhybrid

 

wouldn't that melt and burn a bunch of crap under his car. It would sound like shit as well. In one of the piz it looks like the bypass is pointing up towards the axle boot. I would think the heat from the exhaust would melt that rubber with the quickness.

 

sup accordhybrid

thanks for the replies..

yeah i'll be using it for track days or whenever... the cat is so restrictive so i want the best flow possible without removing the cat.. the smell without the cat daily driving will gives me headaches. I drove behind one car at a meet once without a cat and man it was stank haha

check out the video.. it's pretty neat http://www.mccordcg.com/mpp/mpp.htm

right now i'm at 9lbs of boost.. I have an appointment on dec 11 to tune at 1 bar.. so we'll see what happens.. hopefully i won't blow up heheheh

here's my old setup: