P1_scooby

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]

P1_scooby

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]

NINJA

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

P1_scooby

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

C

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

C

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

NINJA

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

MARK MORRIS

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