i bought SSAC stainless dumps that dont fit and i am cheap...

[StricNyne]

ok long story short, i bought ssac stainless dumps since its cheaper to modify them instead of making complete new dump pipes, and the studs from the exhaust housing are hitting the runners of the dump (twin chamber) pipe, i was going to just put a torch to where its hitting and whack it to bend it in , is that ok ? or i was gunna use smaller studs in the exh housing of the turbo which do u guys suggest ?

[Darius]

Just cut the studs to be shorter and see if that works first. No sense in beating on stuff yet.

[StricNyne]

one of the flanges bolt holes is sooooo close to runner idk if a nut will even fit there, i swear SSAC is worthless, imma prolly slot the holesand see what i can jimmy rig up, i gotta get my welding skills up and start fabbing this **** man this is honestly why people should buy name brand parts

[Coolwhip]

tisk, same on you man. But it's all good.

I say, do what ever makes it easy to work on later down the road, rigging stuff to fit once on the outside of the car, never pays off in the long run.

[StricNyne]

can the cast ones be welded onto ?

[BoostFab]

can the cast ones be welded onto ?

yes! go for it

[StricNyne]

yeah and i know that they fit !

[240z4u]

If it welds anywhere near as nice as the exhaust manifolds do, your in business. The welder who did my manifold commented on how much he liked welding on the manifold vs. welding the cheaper grade steel flange onto the pipe.

Evan

[Yellow4g63]

Make sure you take the exhaust housing off before you weld with the turbo blades there..... wait u already knew that lol.

[StricNyne]

i didnt know that !!! i will !!

[dwnshfter]

i bought the same one cause a guy that said he knew what he was talking about said it would clear the steering rack.....WRONG!

[StricNyne]

didnt clear **** for me and bolt hole swere off, and tooo close to runners, i want to throw them through the ****ing store window at SSAC ****ing con artist

[Neejay]

I've been looking at one of these, but haven't gotten any feedback about them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...&rd=1

[StricNyne]

after wut i been through stay away from them i bet none of the bolt holes will line up or the ones under the runners will be too close to even torque

[Neejay]

Yeah...I was tallying up how much more I need to spend and how many more parts I need to buy and I was like "ehhh...grinded down oem elbow + re-welded SR downpipe ftw..."

[ANVIL]

i used an oem elbow that i modified. i cut out the secition that didnt clear the elbow and welded in half of a 1" exhaust pipe in it so it kinda looked like a C for the shaft to clear. the down pipe i used was just an ebay rb25 swap downpipe that i picked up for around 80 bux plus shipping. then i cut the flange off of that and welded 3" pipe all the way back with prebent elbows to my $20 ebay N1 style muffler. works pretty good and was cheap. only thing that sucks now is my downpipe back is all one peice so if i want to change my exhaust setup it all has to be changed.

i actually still have a brand new ss dump pipe that doesnt fit. i got it from jgy when i ordered my mounts and they said it would work.

[Neejay]

i used an oem elbow that i modified. i cut out the secition that didnt clear the elbow and welded in half of a 1" exhaust pipe in it so it kinda looked like a C for the shaft to clear. the down pipe i used was just an ebay rb25 swap downpipe that i picked up for around 80 bux plus shipping. then i cut the flange off of that and welded 3" pipe all the way back with prebent elbows to my $20 ebay N1 style muffler. works pretty good and was cheap. only thing that sucks now is my downpipe back is all one peice so if i want to change my exhaust setup it all has to be changed.

i actually still have a brand new ss dump pipe that doesnt fit. i got it from jgy when i ordered my mounts and they said it would work.

Do you have a pic of the downpipe or see one similar to it on ebay that you could show us?

[ANVIL]

i cant view ebay from here, and that was like 2 years ago. ill see if i can find a similar one when i get home. its just a pretty standard 3" downpipe that bolts up to the dump. i dont know if an sr down would bolt up to rb dump but if it does, theres a chance that it could be the same. i just know that it fit perfect

[Neejay]

i cant view ebay from here, and that was like 2 years ago. ill see if i can find a similar one when i get home. its just a pretty standard 3" downpipe that bolts up to the dump. i dont know if an sr down would bolt up to rb dump but if it does, theres a chance that it could be the same. i just know that it fit perfect

SR bolts up only if you cut the flange, rotate, and weld it back.

I probably would have just bought a Top Hat one if they didn't specify "When used in combination with our mount kit, you will need to make up for a 2 inch difference in the exhaust or testpipe." I'm going to be using the Ruckus-racing mounts, so I would assume it'd be pretty close to Top Hat's.

[rb25drag]

Ya I bought one of those a long time ago, I modified it to fit, But when I cranked it, It Sounded Like Pure DOG ****!!!! Seriously, I took that SOB right off, its now in a storage building 100$ wasted, But it was worth a shot at the time. They claim it to clear the steering, But its no where's close.

I Modified the Stock down pipe and it Sounds Great, Very Mean on a Trust Open down pipe, Its a bit loud if your going to DD it , But since mine is a Mostly track only, Its staying Open down Pipe.