Downpipe help

[S3 D2HTY]

Got my turbo off my car going to hybrid it. . . anyways trying to get the standard downpipe out to swap it for 3" dp but cant seem to get it out. . . . only way i can see that it will come out is either taking the manifold off or take the prop shaft out. All help would be great cheers

 

[OllieH]

Think I've read on here before that you either need to unbolt the sway bar, and drop the subframe slightly, or cut the downpipe in two.

 

[<tuffty/>]

Cutting in 2 gets my vote... its officially an **** to do... be careful dropping the subframe, you normally have to unbolt the steering rack too else it can disconnect from the column and be a pain to put back in IIRC... the other thing that will help is to unbolt the 3 bolts of the prop flange on the transfer box, undo/remove the dogbone mount and tilt the engine/gearbox forward from underneath to move the prop out of the way and give you more clearance to get it all in... removing the driveshaft on the drivers side will help too, especially if you decide to cut it off..

<tuffty/>

 

[S3 D2HTY]

So if i cut off the standard downpipe. If i got the pipewerx DP will this go straight throught or will i need to undo stuff?

Cheers for the help.

 

[jim s3]

I had to drop the subframe to get my Pipeworx dp in