rockyp
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- Location
- Charlotte NC
First - watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTiQ1PEs2eM
It makes getting the old one out a snap. Granted the reinstall they show in the video, is a different model of dp , it's still helpful just to watch it.
It appears the 'same' dp is being sold on ebay under multiple 'names' - and prices for that matter - but if you look at the pics, you can see they're essentialy all the same. I confess i bought the cheapest one, like $145 + $10 shipping.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k16rhwwapm0w69n/2016-04-14%2008.30.48.jpg?dl=0
The dp itself looks fine to me in terms of quality. welds look good. No issues there.
For me - the only issue was the Clamp they provide. It just didn't fit. I tried for 15 minutes to muscle that thing on the pipe - outside the car - and i couldn't get it. Finally threw in the towel, drove to Summit Racing and bought this other one, which is WAY better for this situation of melding a smaller pipe to a larger one - and cost $7.99.
I HIGHLY suggest just buying this clamp in advance and make your life so much easier.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4g8hbkz63y3j3cb/2016-04-14%2010.48.58.jpg?dl=0
Aside from that the only other obstacle i came up against - which may happen for any dp for all i know - was that the turbo bolt clamp - i couldn't get that sucker back on. I could fish it around the mating surface, but i couldn't seem to COMPRESS it enough to get the ends to get close enough to get the bolt to thread back in. Tried vice grips, everything i could think of. I donno , maybe there's a trick to that , but i couldn't get it. I ended up just getting a longer bolt, about 1/2" longer, than the stock one. This allowed me to get the clamp mated back together and pulled tight.
Once that was done, she's good to go. No leaks or issues. That Summit clamp was huge - WAY WAY better than the one it came with.
I already had a Magnaflow Catback installed, so now, with both - s&&^ this thing is loud. A lot louder than i thought it would be.
**UPDATE TO PRIOR POST** - With this thing being Catless, and with the Magnaflow exhaust deleting the resonator , holy cow, this thing was unbearably loud. Stupid loud. So, i actually took this straight section of pipe out here, and added a 12" Glasspack from Summit, like $22.99. Made HUGE difference. Took all that noise and drone out, and now i LOVE it. I thought about adding a Resonator, but, in talking with some of their Tech Support staff, they explained the difference, and that this Glasspack would absorb more of that annoying drone, without affecting performance. So, with the Glasspack and the $40 i paid the muffler shop to weld it in, I'm out an additional $65 or so. But all in, Call it $155 for the DP + $65 for the Glasspack, i can't complain. I love the result, and it sounds great. I don't have a pic of it with the glasspack in, but maybe i'll add one later.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3d31tw4rq4y7km4/2016-04-14%2011.24.42.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3oaes68llm5ha5/2016-04-14%2011.24.52.jpg?dl=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTiQ1PEs2eM
It makes getting the old one out a snap. Granted the reinstall they show in the video, is a different model of dp , it's still helpful just to watch it.
It appears the 'same' dp is being sold on ebay under multiple 'names' - and prices for that matter - but if you look at the pics, you can see they're essentialy all the same. I confess i bought the cheapest one, like $145 + $10 shipping.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k16rhwwapm0w69n/2016-04-14%2008.30.48.jpg?dl=0
The dp itself looks fine to me in terms of quality. welds look good. No issues there.
For me - the only issue was the Clamp they provide. It just didn't fit. I tried for 15 minutes to muscle that thing on the pipe - outside the car - and i couldn't get it. Finally threw in the towel, drove to Summit Racing and bought this other one, which is WAY better for this situation of melding a smaller pipe to a larger one - and cost $7.99.
I HIGHLY suggest just buying this clamp in advance and make your life so much easier.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4g8hbkz63y3j3cb/2016-04-14%2010.48.58.jpg?dl=0
Aside from that the only other obstacle i came up against - which may happen for any dp for all i know - was that the turbo bolt clamp - i couldn't get that sucker back on. I could fish it around the mating surface, but i couldn't seem to COMPRESS it enough to get the ends to get close enough to get the bolt to thread back in. Tried vice grips, everything i could think of. I donno , maybe there's a trick to that , but i couldn't get it. I ended up just getting a longer bolt, about 1/2" longer, than the stock one. This allowed me to get the clamp mated back together and pulled tight.
Once that was done, she's good to go. No leaks or issues. That Summit clamp was huge - WAY WAY better than the one it came with.
I already had a Magnaflow Catback installed, so now, with both - s&&^ this thing is loud. A lot louder than i thought it would be.
**UPDATE TO PRIOR POST** - With this thing being Catless, and with the Magnaflow exhaust deleting the resonator , holy cow, this thing was unbearably loud. Stupid loud. So, i actually took this straight section of pipe out here, and added a 12" Glasspack from Summit, like $22.99. Made HUGE difference. Took all that noise and drone out, and now i LOVE it. I thought about adding a Resonator, but, in talking with some of their Tech Support staff, they explained the difference, and that this Glasspack would absorb more of that annoying drone, without affecting performance. So, with the Glasspack and the $40 i paid the muffler shop to weld it in, I'm out an additional $65 or so. But all in, Call it $155 for the DP + $65 for the Glasspack, i can't complain. I love the result, and it sounds great. I don't have a pic of it with the glasspack in, but maybe i'll add one later.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3d31tw4rq4y7km4/2016-04-14%2011.24.42.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3oaes68llm5ha5/2016-04-14%2011.24.52.jpg?dl=0
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