been offered a de-catted downpipe..not sure whether to get it or not..

Anyone have this fitted? how difficult is it to fit? any probs? been told its 5 bolts, a new gasket on the turbo end and a U-type clamp on the centre pipe..

did a search earlier, am right that the turbo heat shield will need to trimmed alittle??

Cheers for any info..

P1 scooby




[Edited by P1_scooby - 9/6/2002 5:56:05 PM]

 

cheers chris, will have a butchers at it later on..

p1 has 14.2k on the clock..and is over a yr old..so might be the same as urs...

[Edited by P1_scooby - 9/6/2002 6:55:56 PM]

 

fitted mine perfect first time and yes heatshield will need trimming.with full decat and blitz rear boost spooled up quicker and higher.well worth having

 

Ninja,

Did you do it yourself or at a dealer/workshop???

Do you need to remove the top intercooler to get to all of the bolts??

Cheers

 

It's either very easy or a complete shlaag to do. My mates old shape wrx was an hour jobbie on ramps.

My P1 which had only done 7.5k miles and was only 1 year old was an absolute ******* to do. Took me nearly 4 hours to do in the end.

Reasons? - the bolts holding the dp onto the turbo had literally welded themselves in (apparently quite common). I had to drill the little buggers out....

But, you can't tell until you give it a go! - one thing I can say is it's definately worth it!

Chris

 

p.s. it's easier to remove the intercooler unless you can get access to a proper ramp...

 

steve lawson did mine ..try and use some wd40 or plus gas the night before to loosen them..seems the bolts on scoobs are crap

 

i fitted one to a my97, which was 3 yr old, no probs, then refitted it to a p1, one day old, no probs, removed it yesterday, took me longer to get the heatshield on than to remove and refit the downpipe
mark