Well once we finally got everything taken off, and bolted the new downpipe in, we bolted the test pipe to the downpipe only to see that the test pipe didn't line up with the rest of the exhaust. There was about a 2" gap between the test pipe and midpipe of the exhaust. My friend and I had to wrestle with the piping to get it to line up, then slowly tightened the bolts so that everything lined up.
The end result was everything lined up good, I think I need to buy a new exhaust gasket since there isn't one between the test pipe and midpipe. Also the car threw a CEL due to having no cat on the exhaust anymore, so in the next couple days I will be doing the mechanical o2 fix.
So now that I got my downpipe and test pipe installed, I think I am done working on the exhaust for the time being. It is a little louder than it was with just the catback, and once the RPM's get up there it has a nice deep growl to it. The turbo also seems to spool a little quicker as well. I'm liking Megan products so far, I may just have to replace the Magnaflow catback with the Megan catback...
Next on my list of things to do:
- Buschur Racing Mini Battery Kit
- Buschur Racing Upper Intercooler Piping Kit
- Buschur Racing Intake Hard Pipe Kit
- ECU Re-flash
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