just thought i'd share a few pictures of the pfadt downpipe i just installed. car feels great! much better boost response, i would imagine if i popped a little E85 in now, it would REALLY feel solid! still no dyno, i need to get on one.
overall, very impressed with the quality of the pfadt downpipe and intake. the downpipe is some pretty thick schedule stainless, and a gorgeous CNC machined flange to mate with the turbo. even the ear where the downpipe mounts to the engine is absolutely perfect and matched right up no issue at all.
install took me about 1.5hours. most of that was getting the bottom inside nut on the oem downpipe, and fiddling with the O2 sensor plug.
DEFINITELY spray pb'laster on all the factory hardware before attempting to loosen them. i can see a lot of broken hardware if you don't.
here's some shots:
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overall, very impressed with the quality of the pfadt downpipe and intake. the downpipe is some pretty thick schedule stainless, and a gorgeous CNC machined flange to mate with the turbo. even the ear where the downpipe mounts to the engine is absolutely perfect and matched right up no issue at all.
install took me about 1.5hours. most of that was getting the bottom inside nut on the oem downpipe, and fiddling with the O2 sensor plug.
DEFINITELY spray pb'laster on all the factory hardware before attempting to loosen them. i can see a lot of broken hardware if you don't.
here's some shots:
