3" downpipe setup

[Ilikebigbutts]

I'm thinkng of how i'm gonna run my down pipe it looks like i have to remove my front mount, cut my crossmember and remove center beam?

anybody alse running 3" dp?i can make a custom from mount and i can deal with the cut crossmember but the center beam worries me...

[KillerCam282]

If you have enough bends you won't need to cut/remove anything. Did you position the turbo yet?

[Ilikebigbutts]

no i dont even have the turbo yet...i'll jsut have to wait till i get the motor together and mock up the dp setup on it while its on the stand...this is gonna be the hardest part of the hole thing especially sience i have no welder

ILBB

[head4life]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=66636

[NAiL05]

backfire32 has one. Its 3" and he got a muffler shop to do it lol. Its pretty huge and it scraped lol and his car isnt even that low.

[d112crzy]

traction bars.

[bjaccord]

I had my 3" down pipe on my car with the motor mount and center beam 100% intact, and only a small notch in the crossmember, the pipe didn't actually need the room, but just for hard shifts and to prevent any accidental rubbing.

L8r

[kamaccord]

I'm using a 3" inch downpipe with a fabricated front motor mount which you can see in the picture below. You may wish to check with Accord_SIR, I believe he is using a front motor mount from the 5th gen Accord which worked out perfect. You will need to verify this though.

[KillerCam282]

I got 3"s all the way through. Its not horribly difficult to fit in. However, your car can't still low otherwise you risk destroying your downpipe. Remember with a custom DP to get a flexpipe welded in. The whole custom exhaust cost me about 350 in parts and 400 in labor. However thats from the turbo back, using SS pipes.

[Accord SiR]

I don't suggest taking the front cross beam out. Your lower control arms connect to the front cross beams via torsion rods. You can run a traction bar. You can trim part of the front beam, like Kamaccords or mines, or C notch the front beam and have metal plates welded into the area that was notched out of the front beam which my friend had to do for da6 teg. You should have enough space just with trimming some of the front beam out.

[excalibur02]

I'm using a 3" inch downpipe with a fabricated front motor mount which you can see in the picture below.]

hey! who fabricated that for you? anyway that they make more? thanx

[Ilikebigbutts]

i think its time to use my fabricating skills

i'm gonna try to build my own custom dp with the help of my buddie's welder while the motor is on the stand.i can even use my f22b to dio the mock up when its out of the car

notching the xmember doesnt bother me much but i wanna keep everything else intact.

ILBB

[KillerCam282]

i think its time to use my fabricating skills

i'm gonna try to build my own custom dp with the help of my buddie's welder while the motor is on the stand.i can even use my f22b to dio the mock up when its out of the car

notching the xmember doesnt bother me much but i wanna keep everything else intact.

ILBB

Seriously, wait until you have everything in the car. Unless you can accurately map out the everything needs to be. No need to haste on something like that. Wait until the turbo motor is in the car first. You don't take your measurements for a tux at Store A and pick it up in Store B, you know?

[head4life]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=66636

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[kamaccord]

hey! who fabricated that for you? anyway that they make more? thanx

The guy that fabricated closed his shop and relocated. I'm not sure where he currently is.