Hehe... my decat pipe has just arrived

[pupp]

What a great piece of fabrication; artistry in stainless! Nice one ACT/JP

Guess what I'm doing this afternoon

[tvrbob]

pupp said:

Guess what I'm doing this afternoon

.....and tomorrow and possibly the day after. Only after you give up and buy three more sets of spanners then bend them so that you can get to that last bolt will you have the satisfaction of hearing them. It'll be worth it in the end though.

[v8sag]

tvrbob said:

pupp said: Guess what I'm doing this afternoon .....and tomorrow and possibly the day after. Only after you give up and buy three more sets of spanners then bend them so that you can get to that last bolt will you have the satisfaction of hearing them. It'll be worth it in the end though.

Yip,you'll make Houdini look like an amateur...

[pupp]

tvrbob said:

pupp said: Guess what I'm doing this afternoon .....and tomorrow and possibly the day after. Only after you give up and buy three more sets of spanners then bend them so that you can get to that last bolt will you have the satisfaction of hearing them. It'll be worth it in the end though.

Manifolds already done Bob , this is the 'Y' piece just to complete the felony

[pupp]

Oh lordy!!!

Just shat myself when I fired it up for the first time

[tvrbubblecar]

I've got the ACT manifolds already - was the Y piece easy to fit ?

thanks
Chris

[pupp]

tvrbubblecar said:

I've got the ACT manifolds already - was the Y piece easy to fit ? thanks Chris

I suspect I made it harder work than necessary. You do need to drop the exhaust to get the Cat off, but that's no biggie (six bolts on the 'plate' underneath, one at the front (and a pipe clamp) and push the hook out at the back (don't do what I did and undo the nut where this attaches to the cross brace on the pipes... I struggled for ages at arms length to relocate it when remounting the thing).

I dropped the little jubilee clip on the swirl tank that secures the header tank link pipe, just to avoid any interference with the new Y piece as it is otherwise a bit close (only I did this after mounting the Y piece to make life difficult ). And I struggled a bit to remake the manifold joints given the 'spring' in the new bit... suspect my v bands are past their best. Ended up slackening off the manifolds to allow some 'give' while I secured the banded joint and if you can avoid that, it will save a shed load of time.

You pleased with the manifolds... reckon that might be my next investment. If the neighbours don't lynch me

[tvrbubblecar]

Thanks - yes manifolds really good - the old ones were cracked at the 4 into 1 bit - I couldn't hear them blowing but could always get a whiff of exhaust fumes in the car when the roof was on.

The car also ran smoother on light throttle after the change - that could have been something else as I had a 12k service at the same time

[Blipi]

Flames... FLAMES! I wanna see flames!

[pupp]

Blipi said:

Flames... FLAMES! I wanna see flames!

Pyromaniacbird

[Blipi]

Yeah! Bring it on baby!