[BoostedBrick]

So I finally will have time to pull my tired old 15G out of my 1996 854 Turbo w/stage 1 tune in about a month, and I am definitely looking to upgrade. What I would like to do is get a 16T (or maybe an 18T if the right one comes along) with an angled flange, and attach that to an R manifold and use the stock angled downpipe and cat from a newer car to bolt up to the rest of my stock exhaust. I really can't install a loud aftermarket exhaust right now. A cutout may find its way into the new downpipe but I'm still on the fence about that. I've breifly looked into having a downpipe made with the correct flanges, but that seemed pricy, and I'm a poor college student haha.

Basically, my question is, will this work? Can I take the stock angled flange downpipe from another car and bolt that up to the rest of my stock exhaust? I have never seen the exhaust from a 99+ so I don't know if it will match up. From the pictures I have seen they look similar but I don't know if it is exact.

If this will work and you happen to have any of these parts laying around let me know, I am looking to start buying soon. Thanks for the help!

Mike

[sconeman]

BoostedBrick, on 03 July 2009 - 10:12 PM, said:

So I finally will have time to pull my tired old 15G out of my 1996 854 Turbo w/stage 1 tune in about a month, and I am definitely looking to upgrade. What I would like to do is get a 16T (or maybe an 18T if the right one comes along) with an angled flange, and attach that to an R manifold and use the stock angled downpipe and cat from a newer car to bolt up to the rest of my stock exhaust. I really can't install a loud aftermarket exhaust right now. A cutout may find its way into the new downpipe but I'm still on the fence about that. I've breifly looked into having a downpipe made with the correct flanges, but that seemed pricy, and I'm a poor college student haha.

Basically, my question is, will this work? Can I take the stock angled flange downpipe from another car and bolt that up to the rest of my stock exhaust? I have never seen the exhaust from a 99+ so I don't know if it will match up. From the pictures I have seen they look similar but I don't know if it is exact.

If this will work and you happen to have any of these parts laying around let me know, I am looking to start buying soon. Thanks for the help!

Mike

just make sure you don't get a downpipe out of an AWD

[Naughty33W]

its worth the $ to find someone on here that has a 3" DP for sale , oem DP will be too restrictive if you're looking to really get the power out of a bigger turbo

[Boost_Junky]

Naughty33W, on 04 July 2009 - 12:06 AM, said:

its worth the $ to find someone on here that has a 3" DP for sale , oem DP will be too restrictive if you're looking to really get the power out of a bigger turbo

+1 they can cause fade at high psi

[Naughty33W]

Boost_Junky, on 03 July 2009 - 09:36 PM, said:

+1 they can cause fade at high psi

bigger diameter dp will help build boost faster too

[BoostedBrick]

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its worth the $ to find someone on here that has a 3" DP for sale , oem DP will be too restrictive if you're looking to really get the power out of a bigger turbo

I certainly agree with you, but I'm not after every ounce of power right this second, just a decent improvement from what I have now. I really can't commit to a full exhaust right now, so a 3" DP would be wasted if I just dump it back into the stock 2.25" piping and muffler. The DP itself really wouldn't be too expensive, but I would need a cat and a catback to fit the new DP too. I am hoping the upgrade to the angled flange will help a little though.