open downpipe off of turbo? okay to drive?
 

is it okay to drive? straight off the turbo, 2.5" 90 degree bend. then it's aimed down. right now, i dont have money for the downpipe, but would this be okay to drive on? worrying about heat distribution of the exhaust side of the turbo, maybe if it's so open, that it would damage the fins.. thanks..

Re: open downpipe off of turbo? okay to drive?
 

it will be ok, but loud as ----. :o

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ive been driving around like that for months :)

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I know plenty of people that have theirs like that. You will be fine. In fact one of my friend's was running no downpipe at all one time.... :P

Re: open downpipe off of turbo? okay to drive?
 

no downpipe? i was considering that when i had money for a cheaper downpipe made.. but i just waited and welded my own 90 degree on it.

for you guys, did u guys just drill a hole in your downpipe and have a o2 sensor from there? where would be the ideal place to have the o2 sensor? in the straighter pipe going towards the back? or would on the 90 degree off of the turbo be fine?

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Open DP rocks! My exh. is going to be completely stock acppet when I hit a switch and open up the DP right off of the turbo's exh. outlet... ;D Gotta keep the exh. for emissions tho and all the old people that live in my neighborhood...

Blaze

Re: open downpipe off of turbo? okay to drive?
 

open downpipe is awesome! it sounds so ------- awesome... just deafeningly loud

Re: open downpipe off of turbo? okay to drive?
 

its awesome for the first day or two...trust me you will be happier with a more quiet exhaust.

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mine really isn't too loud open dp, sounds bout as loud as a fartcan civic, only with an awesome popping sound like a rally car or something and a crazy whistling sound when i hit it. turns heads ^-^ unfortunately some of those heads belong to cops :-X

definitely ALOT quiter than my friends b16 crx with 2.5" exhaust just magnaflow resonator no cat no muffler.

btw i put my o2 sensor in the o2 housing that comes on the 14b turbo i used off an eclipse gst, it already had a bung in there where the dsm o2 sensor goes.

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i had the same downpipe setup as you for a week or two after i swapped manifolds and it was pretty cool but definitely attracted the wrong attention. my wastegate still dumps right out into my engine bay.

as for the o2 sensor, im also wondering how far after the turbo i should put it in my downpipe.