no no try standard thread bolts!

 

Yep it was a 3/8". Fit like a charm.

Everything is all done now, I'll post pics tomorrow. Super tired.

Maybe tomorrow I can fire it up. I went ahead and put a breather filter on.

 

Videos on YouTube pls :p

 

thats great news man

 

good deal! mine will be tuned and ready to rock by friday night

ordering my tune after school with 2 day shipping..orm ight have to over night it :/

 

awesome! nice job sentry. im anxious to see these pics/vids.

 

sweet!

 

where is the video? do you have an exhaust on it...or is it going to sound like its bubbling like mine did

 

That's the issue at this point. I still don't have a turbo back pipe, and I don't know if I can start it or not. Think that would be dangerous? I just wanna hear it spool, lol.

I'm taking it tomorrow morning to have that piece made and welded into my zzp dp.

 

thats how i started mine and i drove around with no exhaust for the first 2 weeks...have you seen the video of when i first did mine

you wont have back pressure so if your trying to up a hill or something...the car is going to feel like it goes into limp mode but it will eventually go up....other than that you should be fine

 

You drove for 2 weeks without the o2 sensors??? Front o2 has a lot to do with controlling fuel mixtures, so I'm surprised it didn't do any harm. I might crank it tonight, but it's going to be loud obviously. It'll be purring like a kitten tomorrow though.

 

If your front o2 goes bad, ur car runs off fuel maps not from what the sensor says

 

<<<<<<<<<<< still waiting

 

no my front o2 sensor was connected....my turbo has a down pipe not really a downpipe but like a flange pipe you can say connection so that before it hooks up to the flex pipe it has 2 sensor bungs...one i use for my wideband and the other for the stock....the one that was not reading correctly was the one after the cat...but i really dont care about tha one

whats up with the videos and a few pulls? are u still tuning?

 

I told you guys I still gotta get the exhaust dp made. I'm about to call a tow right now.

Probably be tonight when I can start it, and I gotta borrow a friend's camera.

 

drive with no DP .. who cares lol oh wait .. nm lol i forgot you dont have an elbow with 02 sensor lol

 

Yeah, mixed with an untuned turbo motor that might not sit too pretty.

Now time to jump start it, and load the tune! After lunch a tow truck is bringing it to the shop.

 

do it up mang lol you think you'll have results tonight?

 

well is it after lunch yet?

 

Jumping the batt now. Got an oil leak from the oil return line tap, just something minor.

About to load the tune now. Tow truck is on it's way!

 

That's why I'm buying either the atpturbo 3" dowpipe, or seeing if Vulcan can make me a replica out of 2.5"

 

Good News: Well, I drove up to the exhaust shop after they towed it away. Surprisingly, the guy said it would be no problem, he even hooked me up with studs and locktite nuts for the dump flange. Tow was $45, not bad at all even though they almost scraped my intercooler.

He's totally going to chop up my zzp downpipe though.

Bad News: He's not going to be able to finish it today. Gotta keep it in the shop til' tomorrow morning when he can finish. Sucks, but that's how the world goes. No vids til tomorrow.

Honestly your local exhaust shop should have no problem doing it. There's plenty of room to work.

 

how much is the shop charging you ? why dont you just have them make a J pipe that bolts in? so you dont have to hack anything

 

Remember the downpipe comes up to where the old headers were. And since the turbo is so big it's too close to make it bolt up. He's just going to cut my dp in half, right in front of the rear 02.

 

Oh boy. its getting close. I cant wait to see the results.