GoodTimesIndeed
Go Kart Champion
Woohoo, the new exhaust is here!
https://flic.kr/p/SYyPbA
Initial impressions right out of the box are good. Everything was packed well and the quality of the components feel great. The satin finish of the pipes make them look quite impressive and the weight of them gives a nice hefty feeling (.065" thick T304 stainless steel). The tips are gorgeous! I absolutely HATED the oem size tips. Can't wait to see how this all looks on the car!
Was so excited that I already took my old downpipe off.
https://flic.kr/p/SYyR9d
Sort of wish that I would have done a sound clip of "before" but I didn't want to get everything all warmed up then have to work around hot pipes and such. As expected that last bolt was a b!tch to get off. The other 3 came off with a turn of a wrench. Come to realize that my can of PB Blaster was empty (or not spraying for some reason) so had to WD40 them.
Initially I thought that the slow-ass shipping from ECS was going to screw me over yet again since my new gasket w/hanger isn't due to be delivered until Monday (seriously ECS?!). Come to find out that a new gasket was included with the hardware.... BONUS! Now I'll be able to get everything on and just have to swap out the hanger when I get it.
Tomorrow I'm going to put the PTP turbo blanket on and see how far I get with the install. I already wrapped the new downpipe this eve to save myself some time and hassle. Never did a catback install before so I'm not exactly sure what I'm in for.
Hopefully will have it ready to run soon!
https://flic.kr/p/SYyPbA
Initial impressions right out of the box are good. Everything was packed well and the quality of the components feel great. The satin finish of the pipes make them look quite impressive and the weight of them gives a nice hefty feeling (.065" thick T304 stainless steel). The tips are gorgeous! I absolutely HATED the oem size tips. Can't wait to see how this all looks on the car!
Was so excited that I already took my old downpipe off.
https://flic.kr/p/SYyR9d
Sort of wish that I would have done a sound clip of "before" but I didn't want to get everything all warmed up then have to work around hot pipes and such. As expected that last bolt was a b!tch to get off. The other 3 came off with a turn of a wrench. Come to realize that my can of PB Blaster was empty (or not spraying for some reason) so had to WD40 them.
Initially I thought that the slow-ass shipping from ECS was going to screw me over yet again since my new gasket w/hanger isn't due to be delivered until Monday (seriously ECS?!). Come to find out that a new gasket was included with the hardware.... BONUS! Now I'll be able to get everything on and just have to swap out the hanger when I get it.
Tomorrow I'm going to put the PTP turbo blanket on and see how far I get with the install. I already wrapped the new downpipe this eve to save myself some time and hassle. Never did a catback install before so I'm not exactly sure what I'm in for.
Hopefully will have it ready to run soon!