Decided to take the center silencer out on friday and swap it with a straight length of stainless steel that i bought from pipewerx, Lathom nr wigan £10 for half a metre and then got the ends oppend out to slide onto the existing pipe, then went to a friend who welded the center section up along with the manifold flange as it twisted so it would fit other exhausts.
We then cut the excess on the end to make it flat and fit to the decat
I then took it home to fit it back to the standart manifold, It was slightly longer then it was before which was good as the taile pipe was out of the bumper as it was flush with the it before
This is wot was cut out the old silencer
On saturday started to fit the supersprint manifold
Started by taking off the old downpipe off and it gat stuck between the driveshafts and the back of the engine bay, so i thought if i took the dogbone mount off to let the engine swing, it dropped out with ease.
I then had the challenge of taking the manifold out, as i was told the old bolt maybe stuck on and maybe hard to get off, sprayed the bolts with WD40 and left it for 5 mins, they came out pritty easy tbh, didnt realise they weigh that much.
The size difference and weight are so different
New one fitted
I then took the old dogbone mount off and replaced it with a coops solid one, it makes so much difference he said a little vibration, feels like my face is being shaken off lol
After putting the dobone mount back on i then put the down pipe back on and then realised there was a problem, the decat flange and the downpipe flange wasnt the same size
This was fixed by going back to my mates who does the welding and f0xy kindly donated the right size flange with a bit of pipe still on the end and it was the right size to fit over the 2" decat pipe this was then welded back up an inch and a half sorter, this was a bad idea as the tail pipe is now back in the bumper
Its all on now and its blowing a little bit but easly sorted, the only other problem i have is the way we have done the flanges on the decat and down pipe as it hangs an inch or so from the floor not too sure wot to do about it yet