How to fit a Newage downpipe?? Fitted

[Spaceman]

Hi guys got the baran all day sat so going to fit my 3" turbo back exhaust so i can get the ninja centre and backbox sold and also the prodrive 3rd cat delete pipe. Anyway any tips for removing the downpipe on MY05 wrx and any for fitting the new decat pipe? Cheers for any help Greig

[gus the bus]

Phone Hypertec on (01324) ...........[]

This one I widnae tackle myself Greig.

Gus

[Spaceman]

Na bugger it am going for it half nine sat morning grinder on hand for the heat shield. Take it you neeed to remove it to get to the bolts????

 

am startin at half nine as this give me plenty of time to try have it ready for monday nightshift lol 

[craig mac]

The main issue you will encounter is getting decent/correct torque on a couple of the Bolts at the turbo from under the car.

Be sure and soak them with wd or similar for a wee while too before you start, last thing you want to do is shear any of them.[:S]

ps......Grinder not required[:|]

[Spaceman]

Cheers Craig the car will be up on the ramps for the job you think the heat shield will come off ok what els do i need to remove? the turbo heat shield? Cheers Greig

[james_mowbray]

When I done mine I found major issues to be:-

1. The heat-sheild. time needed to find all the bolts, no grinder required

2. Getting leverage for lower bolts to the turbo

3. Theres a bracket halfway down the neck of the downpipe which was no where near a fixing point. (so it was grinded off)

4. Be prepaired, the system I bought had a gasket kit but the turbo to downpipe one was missing. I didnt think to check...[:$]

5. If the downpipes got 2 sensor holes, make sure youve got a plug for one.

 

And probably the very best and most important advice I would give is make sure the turbos cold before you start.

 

 

best of luck with it..

 

 

James

[fai17]

The last thing you want is more hassle than it's worth so why bother doing it yourself(unless you are a mechanic).....it pays to get the pro to do the downpipe......where as a backbox swap is pi55 easy........downpipe is a different cup of tea.

Don't do it Greig.

[Spaceman]

Cheers jtm great info will the bottom bolts on the turbo be easier to reach as the car will be 6 foot in the air? also bout the turbo being cold is was thinkin the bolts might crack easier with a bit heat in them?? Peter thanks for advice fella and nope im no mechanic but old Dick that is lettin me use his barron is and the best one i know so he will be on hand to help me out he would be doing but is a bit older so ill tackle the physical side with him as my mentor cheers Greig any more useful info guys?

[james_mowbray]

If youve got the right tools it wont be  a problem, if the turbos hot, youll do some serious self harming. To get the leverage to loosen the bottom bolts I used a rachet with three extention bars attached.

If you wanted to you could start the car once youve removed the heat shield, if you felt it would aid in loosening the bolts, but it would mean having to reconnect the intercooler and then having to take it off again to redo the top bolts. IMO wouldnt be worth while.

 

On the plus side its a great feeling of satisfaction when you start her up[]

 

 

James

[Spaceman]

JTm could you give me a more in depth guide as what to remove please bud? cheers i have a 2 foot and 3 foot extension bar. Dicks barron/ workshop also has more tools than a screwfix catalogue so hopefully all will be to hand cheers Greig

[james_mowbray]

First thing to do is a good spray of wd40 or suchlike to all nuts/bolts on the downpipe (and system if your replacing the whole thing)

Next remove the intercooler

Next stage is a pain remove the heat-shield

Once all the heat shields off (comes out in bits)take out the 3 nuts to the top of the turbo/downpipe

Car in the air and remove the lower 2 nuts- these ones were tricky proper tools will speed it up.

Remove the lambda sensor the the fixings to the centre section

The downpipe should slide back then down and out.

Took me 3 hours in total at my first attempt, so expect the same sort of man hours.

Dont forget to wrap your downpipe or youll end up having to take it off and doing it at a later stage.

 

James

 

[Spaceman]

James your a legend mate thanks very much it should be all good. thanks for takin the time to reply. Ill write up how i get on cheers Greig

[Spaceman]

Well guys started at 10 this moring and was all done buy 2 full 3 inch system fitted downpipe was a doddle no probs at all with it. Cheers for all your help Greig.

[marky.t.s]

Well done mate,do you and Dick fancy fitting a de-res centre pipe to mine[]

 

ha,ha,....edit......the forum has deleted your friends name...i'll call him Richard then[] 

[Spaceman]

lol whats the de res section? what year of car?