Been after a Y for some time now, finally got A into G

Heres my old factory y pipe ... with a massive hole in the flex section (would explain the turbo spool sound I was hearing) You can clearly see how it is a badly flowing design with the exhaust gases colliding due to the pipe bends. Glad I went custom build as the pics of the US factory Y look very different to my New Zealand one.



And heres the new Y Pipe goodness... 2" pipes off the engine to a 2.5" Y + flex



What does it sound like? Real good, gives a bit deeper tone but nothing loud, there is a tiny bit of rasp at 5000rpm/WOT.

On my test hill where i normally get 85km's odd I'm now closer to 95km's.

[Explainer: The oil showing on the pan in the last pic isn't as bad as it looks, just surface film.]

 

nice y pipe... i always wondered what an uncatted euro/jdm y pipe looked like..

 

New Zealand doesn't require pre-cats, unlike the U.S. version. That's why yours looks different from the U.S. version. You could have probably used any y-pipe on the market, but hey, you already got one.

 

looks good, does the car feel faster?

 

how's it sound compared to stock.

 

Yep it feels less restricted on the straight it just keeps pulling where before it felt restricted.. As above I hit about 95kms on my test hill before only 85kms


But If I ordered one from the US it would take 4-6 weeks for delivery(and cost millions) and if it had the bee's in a can effect or bad welds I'd be stuck with it. The Y above is a knock off of the Stillen anyways

Real good, when you start the car you get a little growl sound and normal RPM's the note is a 'bit' deeper, @ WOT it sounds like its flowing really well with slight rasp at 5000rpm. =

 

Nice pics! BTW, you need to replace your oil pressure sending unit.

 

definately a unique setup, i didnt catch (the missing cat) at first glance, nice ! bet you lost a few pounds by trashing the old stock stuff ! good move !