Turbo Tony downpipe installed. Very nice!
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Turbo Tony downpipe installed. Very nice!
Well, I got the downpipe from Tony probably over a month ago and I ordered a high flow cat from him as well because I have no idea how many miles were on the cat on the car, but the car has 194k so I figured it was a good bet that the cat was toast.
Install went pretty easily overall. Didn't have to take off the turbo. I have the FM heat shield and I did have to notch that as people had indicated. I did take a ball peen hammer to one section of the pipe that was rubbing up against the transmission, but once that was done everything slipped into place just fine. A friend of mine was helping me with the install and it was nice to have two hands for a few parts.
After the install the car runs terrific. Boost is coming on much closer to 3000rpm whereas before it was hitting positive pressure around 4000rpm. Power delivery is much smoother and overall the car just seems to run a lot better. I'm sure some of that can be attributed to replacing the cat as well. The car was definitely choked off before this.
The only thing I noticed after some hot runs is that the paint on the pipe started flaking off pretty much immediately up near the turbo. I really don't care overall though as you can't see much of the pipe anyway and my car is far from a show car.
I wanted to take some pics of the finished product, but my wife is off with the camera somewhere. I'll get them later.
Highly recommended upgrade if you have a Greddy install.
Install went pretty easily overall. Didn't have to take off the turbo. I have the FM heat shield and I did have to notch that as people had indicated. I did take a ball peen hammer to one section of the pipe that was rubbing up against the transmission, but once that was done everything slipped into place just fine. A friend of mine was helping me with the install and it was nice to have two hands for a few parts.
After the install the car runs terrific. Boost is coming on much closer to 3000rpm whereas before it was hitting positive pressure around 4000rpm. Power delivery is much smoother and overall the car just seems to run a lot better. I'm sure some of that can be attributed to replacing the cat as well. The car was definitely choked off before this.
The only thing I noticed after some hot runs is that the paint on the pipe started flaking off pretty much immediately up near the turbo. I really don't care overall though as you can't see much of the pipe anyway and my car is far from a show car.
I wanted to take some pics of the finished product, but my wife is off with the camera somewhere. I'll get them later.
Highly recommended upgrade if you have a Greddy install.
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Email Turbo Tony, he is on this forum. I got the downpipe with flex section for $265 from him.
turbotony2k (at) yahoo
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Anyway the rest of the installation was really easy, the welds look great, and I love the new position for the stock o2 sensor. He shipped fast too.
You'll need to get gaskets if you buy a cat though, since it's 2.5 in/out and they're not included.
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Weird. The cat looks stock (and almost failed smog this time, so i know it's old), and the catback looks stock too. Isn't the catback the same for 1.6 and 1.8 cars? The old cat fits Tony's DP perfectly, and Tony says he doesn't know what's wrong. I'll get good measurements tonight.
Anyway the rest of the installation was really easy, the welds look great, and I love the new position for the stock o2 sensor. He shipped fast too.
You'll need to get gaskets if you buy a cat though, since it's 2.5 in/out and they're not included.
Anyway the rest of the installation was really easy, the welds look great, and I love the new position for the stock o2 sensor. He shipped fast too.
You'll need to get gaskets if you buy a cat though, since it's 2.5 in/out and they're not included.
its a bigger cat with 440mm, while the old one for the 1.6 is 370mm which pretty much sums up to 7 inches as you said. the flanges are the same yes.
by the way, is it too much to ask for a pic with the new O2 bung location? do you have two, and kept the stock or just the wideband?
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Sorry I haven't put pics up yet guys. I will get some this weekend. This week has just been busy and at times rainy and I keep forgetting to ask my wife to leave the camera for me as she takes it with her in her purse (I dunno why). I'd use my old camera but I can't find the cable to connect it to the computer and I don't have a CF card reader.
Originally Posted by miataspeed1point6
I have a turbo tony dp as well. I have to say it is the best mod I have done so far. I couldn't put mine in without pulling the turbo and manifold, how did you manage to do it?
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I really should have taken some pics when it was all apart, but oh well.
Best I could do without putting the car up in the air. You can see in the first pics how I had to cut the heat shield a bit to fit the new pipe through and how the paint is flaking off the pipe, which I don't overall really care about. In the pic through the wheel well the pipe is scraped up from us getting it in and out. Not the best angle.
Then the last is just a shot of the new cat and flex section.
Best I could do without putting the car up in the air. You can see in the first pics how I had to cut the heat shield a bit to fit the new pipe through and how the paint is flaking off the pipe, which I don't overall really care about. In the pic through the wheel well the pipe is scraped up from us getting it in and out. Not the best angle.
Then the last is just a shot of the new cat and flex section.
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