I made and installed this a couple months ago but never posted any pics until now. My new downpipe and wastegate pipe....... while i was upgrading my turbo i figured i'd go ahead and upgrade my downpipe to a better design as well. All 304 stainless and tig welded (by Protomec), flex section on the wastegate pipe to deal with the stress from expansion, all of it is now wrapped in header wrap and installed on my car. This project turned out to be a hell of a lot more trouble that i thought it would be, Cavaliers just aren't ment to be turbocharged. Comments and questions welcome.
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very nice man. after i made my downpipe, i know just what you mean about the trouble.
Very nice!
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what was wrong with your old one??? are you going to sell it?? I know that it would be for your car but maybe with a little modding it would work for my application. the new one looks great, this is one step that i am leary about right now. so if you do want to sell it then hit me up.
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I like it, but it looks like both bungs for the o2 sensor and wideband are in the way of one another. (whichever sensor you put first is blocking the second)
I could be wrong, perhaps they are staggered?
still an impressive looking downpipe!!
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I love the way my car sounds dumping into the atmosphere...lol....john deere tractor style...
I like the way your dump is setup though....I just have mine run straight down dumping onto the ground....people always ask stupid questions like if I have a v8 under the hood....
that is pretty.
nice work
looks good, but open dump is the only way to go
i am going open dump. and btw the wastegate dump flex isnt necessary
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yeah and like someone else said the 02 bungs are blocking eachother, put your wideband first
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not going through anyting, just stating my opinions in my first post
second post is facts.
I can post where ever I want. I dont see your name on my birth certificate
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i am going open dump. and btw the wastegate dump flex isnt necessary
open dump is much easier, I plan on doing the same
as far as wastegate dump goes, true it may be unnecessary, but it is a nice precaution to have to prevent cracking.
also, I agree about the O2 sensor bungs... staggering them would be much better, but if you're not going to reweld it, putting the wideband first would definetly be better.
firebug, my old down pipe was 2.5" 400 stainless with ugly mig welds with a 5 bolt turbo flange. Unless you have the exact same turbo manifold as me it will not work for you without cutting it apart. If you want it you can have it.
stevefire (and everyone else), O2 sensors cant not block each other. As long as they are in the exhaust system they are reading all they need to read.
Jay, i wanted to make my car as quiet as possible with killing too much hp. Dumping to atmosphere also makes it VERY hard to hear detonation...
QBE, you don't know @!#$.
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oh and you do? you make me laugh....
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sorry, I was under the impression they had to be in the stream of the exhaust gases, and not 'blocking' one another.
I'm here to learn just like the rest of us, and I didn't know, thats why I asked.
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funny skilz YOURE the one who told me they cant be like that on my downpipe....
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QBE (73H 800573D 0N3) wrote:funny skilz YOURE the one who told me they cant be like that on my downpipe....
Prove it. I never told you anything like that.
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oh ok, I saw the 4 bolt flange and thought you used the same 4 bolt on the old one. thats cool I was just wondering.
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Phhhh hear detonation. Rock the open dump!
When people hear the wastegate open, they know its game over.
O noes!
Smokey wrote:Phhhh hear detonation. Rock the open dump!
When people hear the wastegate open, they know its game over.
If you'd ever heard how loud my car is without the open dump you'd understand.
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Session Start (QuickBlackEcotec:skilz1o179): Tue Apr 12 15:11:55 2005
skilz1o179: whats the status on the ride?
quickblackECOTEC: not done
quickblackECOTEC: should be this week
skilz1o179: cool
quickblackECOTEC: yeah
skilz1o179: what turbo you using again?
quickblackECOTEC: t3/t4
skilz1o179: that tells me a lot....
quickblackECOTEC: lol
quickblackECOTEC: 60 timr
quickblackECOTEC: 63 a/r
skilz1o179: why so big?
quickblackECOTEC: my only choice really
quickblackECOTEC: came with the kit
quickblackECOTEC: plus I will save some gas lol
skilz1o179: oh
skilz1o179: i'd swap it for a correct size turbo if i were you
quickblackECOTEC: well you're not
quickblackECOTEC: lol
quickblackECOTEC: and I have driven the car this turbo came from and loved it
quickblackECOTEC: you see my downpipe?
skilz1o179: yeah looks good, you should watch with the 02 bungs
quickblackECOTEC: why?
skilz1o179: because if they are in a row it may block the sensors
skilz1o179: youre readings might not be accurate
quickblackECOTEC: oh...
skilz1o179: and youre turbo isnt right again, like I said before
quickblackECOTEC: well I am sorry
skilz1o179: oh well
quickblackECOTEC: i have seen this turbo work, and driven it and its fine
quickblackECOTEC: made awesome power
skilz1o179: i'm sure it did
quickblackECOTEC: a huge @!#$in kick in the pants and that was at half of what i want to run in the long run
skilz1o179: just like every other person on the org that uses the wrong size turbo
quickblackECOTEC: @!#$ relax man
quickblackECOTEC: wanna buy me a new one?
Session Close (skilz1o179): Tue Apr 12 15:17:46 2005
wanna keep this going please keep it to email
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