spent quality time all weekend with my car :D

[akeenan]

yep all weekend i spent quality time with my car. what started out as a simple 2 hour cat and front/dump pipe replacement turned into a 2 day struggle to get a broken bolt out of the back of my turbo in the end i got the bitch out!

i also learnt many things about my car especially how loud it is when only running through the dump/front and the cat. its rather fun on the road driving something which is about 130db with fumes flooding from the underneath making it look like the cars on fire

anyhow i put it all back together and my turbo is so much louder now with the new parts. people turn around on the footpath to see whats making the noise before i pass them. it also spools nicely and is so much nicer and smoother to drive.

now all i need is more power and a wheel balance

oh and also some temp wrap tp wrap the pipe as uder the bonnet is much warmer now as i lost one of the heat shields when the stock dump pipe was changed.

anyone who doesnt have an aftermarket front/dump go and buy one. also buy a hi flow cat too. :uh-huh:

:alien:

[inark]

hehehe ak... yeah dump pipe and front pipe going on mine in the next month... just got to wait until the rest of the car is ready before i get it done.

[NismoR34]

Re: spent quality time all weekend with my car

Me too

anyone who doesnt have an aftermarket front/dump go and buy one. also buy a hi flow cat too.

I have cat-back but will be doing this soon too

[akeenan]

today i also bought some thermal wrap and wrapped up the dump area on my front/dump pipe. Then i decided to take the heat shield off the stock front pipe and fabricated it to my new front pipe. So now the engine bay is no where near as hot and doesnt smell like burning plastic anymore.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

where'd u get the thermal wrap from?? and how much did it cost..

[akeenan]

i got it from this auto shop near my house called east coast autos. they sell it by the meter there as well. i just bought $50 worth of the stuff which was more then enought to wrap my dump area nicely and tightly.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

yah i know where it is...sweet..how much per meter and what type of clamps or wire do you need to hold it in place??

[akeenan]

it costs 2.50 per foot. buy the stuff that is 2 inches wide not the 1 inch shit. and you can also buy hose clamps there. if you have a 3 inch pipe buy the 3 inch clamps. there around 2.50 each or something.

[akeenan]

oh and a tip wet the wrap before you attempt to put it on. its much easier

[KamikazeR33]

also thermal wrap rotts from the moisture, also rotts what u have wrapped (except stainless i think)

[Guest RedLineGTR]

sounds sweet...has anyone herd of the exhaust rusting away cos of the moisture that get left in there before it heats up?? can anyone shed any light on the issue...would like to do this but worrie about rust forming

[Guest RedLineGTR]

thanks for the info KamikazeR33, i was thinking the best way to do it is to get it coated with a special thermal paint...dont know what its call but heard it does the jop.

[KamikazeR33]

hpc?

[akeenan]

also thermal wrap rotts from the moisture, also rotts what u have wrapped (except stainless i think)

ive also heard othewise!

read the thread about "DEI THERMAL TAPE" i started a few weeks back.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Originally posted by KamikazeR33

hpc?

yah thats what i'm talking about

[Guest RedLineGTR]

i'll check the thread out..

[KamikazeR33]

just try askin some high perfomance shops and c what they say (i dont know what the answer is tho)

maybe there is a few different typres of thermal tape, which some r prone to rotting???

hopefully we can get to the bottom of this andrew

[Guest RedLineGTR]

from what i've read the shiney stuff is shit...dont know what the other stuff looks like but will look for something that dosent look poxy..welll see how it goes,,

[akeenan]

hopefully we can get to the bottom of this andrew

i think if the tape is as tight as possible its fine. mine is so tight. should be ok. it does work though

[Guest terrance]

what a fun weekend i had to work:(