bill

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: front downpipe-zorst(help)

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my cars blowing air out from the exhaust downpipe were its mated to the turbo,think the downpipes a bit bent,can i get a downpipe off any sapphire cossie?(do i need to know what sort of exhaust system it is or are they all the same?should i buy new or 2nd hand?think its a scorpion exhaust,not sure though nothing on it

can it be heated up and bent back into shape?mate's got the same prob is it a common problem,thanks for your help advice in advance

posted in general discussion but no luck,anyone here help me out?please

ta

gaz3678

Bent mine too
The 4x4 one is different, so it's gotta be a 2wd one.
if you're after one for a bargain price contact North York RS breakers. Paul's dead helpful.

mines a mongoose and i contacted them direct- £104 delivered (for just the d/p). Scorpion should be about the same.

ed rs

my scorpion does the same.... with mine i slack off the 3 nuts, give the zorst a wiggle, do the nuts back up & its fine for about a month, then i do it all over again

bill

cheers guys,still need to sort it so may give north york rs breakers a bell

Hectori

this is how i modified my downpipe, to correct the problem. i maked copper ring seal between turbine and downpipe. will expand on heat, so it tightens the downpipe to turbine housing. i use T35 on my wing cossie, and that copper ring fits 3" pipe perfectly on turbine housings exhaust hole.

Downpipe

if someone is interested about this, i have autocad drawings on ring, and few more pictures. pipe still needs some finishing, because i needed my car to be ready on track days of our club, and i was in a bit hurry.

Alan s1

Hectori, Did you put the flexy in the down pipe Good idea And the copper ring seal (So how much then for 1 )

boost mad

iTrader: (8)

flexy i thought it was a cat lol

Hectori

here are the parts i used on my downpipe. theres one flexi, and one spring type bolt joint. (one on the right top.) i got two flexible joints on my downpipe, because after downpipe, the exhaust is firmly bolted on my chassis via these rubber bushes. those flexible joints allow enough play on exhaust, but its still very firmly in place. this is how it looks like from under

those parts cost me about 120 euros. then just some welding and fitting. the downpipe would look much more nice, but i had to make haste to get the car done by trackdays.

Alan s1

Hectori, Well done m8 Good idea's as my cossie is always Ripping the bloody thing off May have to have a play
Where can i get the Copper Washer from m8 ??? to big for the Pluming parts shop to have in stock Or could you get me one

Hectori

i think the best choise is to print and give this to the local metalworkshop whit turning lathe, and they will fabricate you one. i did first get the piece of copper, and they machined it from it, whit that drawing. measurements are in millimeters, so they may need to be converted to inches.

i would do one for you, and send it to you, but it would cost quite much, comparing for that making it there.

i found my piece of copper from a place where they buy and sell metal junk. dont know what it is called. maybe a junkyard or such.

b14dave

hi ya i also had this problem on me 2 wd cossie took down pipe to pipecraft in cranes park rd in basildon they put new neck for £25 they are on the internet pipecraft.co.uk