Having Custom Twin 3" System Made

[TerryS]

After getting silly prices on shipping from OZ I decided to have a custom 3" stainless system fabricated over here. I have supplied the cats, x-pipe and silencers. My friends at AFR Tuning are doing the rest. Here are pictures of various parts sourced from the US prior to installation. I will post the finished pictures up later in the week:

Headers (Sourced from OZ) Beautifully made, but incredibly tight fit. Need to remove the stock starter heat shield and fab an alternative



Sports "Cats"


X-Pipe



Middle Silencers




Rear Silencers (Removable)




It will not be the cheapest system in the world but will still work out cheaper than buying from OZ, the components are of a known quality and the X-Pipe is not restrictive like some I have seen.

[ringram]

Looks tasty mate, what brand headers are they?

[TerryS]

I believe they are copies of a certain well known make, of which you have an exhaust on your car! Do they look like the said makes headers?

[MadMaxHSV]

They're not DiFilippo's with that bolt on branch section.
Although that saves dropping the steering rack
What size headers are they?

[ringram]

They look different to mine, I also dont have the taper in the collector, which is a straight 3" piece.

[MadMaxHSV]

Capa's?

[TerryS]

Poetic License. They look more like the Difillipo GenIII than any other I could see. If the maker had any sense he would have changed a few bits anyway purely from a copy right point of view. They are 1 3/4" BTW which should be fine for my goals.

[Drew SS]

these look very similar

[TerryS]

LOL that is the same picture the guy sent me. He seems to have disappeared now though.

[Drew SS]

TerryS said:

LOL that is the same picture the guy sent me. He seems to have disappeared now though.

ahh hes about alright i heard these are very tight to fit but look very well finished what if u dont mind me askin was the postage from there to here

[TerryS]

If you know where the guy is can you tell GSD200 as well.

From memory it cost me £130 to ship, and yes, they are tight LOL

[MadMaxHSV]

On the shipping note, shop around and you can get some good rates.

I shipped a full system (headers, cats, cat back) from Oz for around £350 seafreight to my door (took about two/three weeks to turn up). Import duty and VAT on top though
From memory I think Ringram managed to find airfreight for the same if not less, but he had to pick it up from Heathrow.

[Drew SS]

email sent gsd 2000

[TerryS]

Thanks Drew.

[gsd2000]

thanks Drew SS and TerryS

[after_shock]

Last time I mentioned exhausts the subject of the X or H pipe came up, I didnt really take any notice at the time, is their an advantage to going for one or the other?

[stevieturbo]

MadMaxHSV said:

They're not DiFilippo's with that bolt on branch section.
Although that saves dropping the steering rack
What size headers are they?

A mates DF manifolds has the bolt on no2 header tube. Makes perfect sense for fitment.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

after_shock said:

Last time I mentioned exhausts the subject of the X or H pipe came up, I didnt really take any notice at the time, is their an advantage to going for one or the other?

I wanted to know why have the X pipe? Is there any benefit. Do i have one?

[MadMaxHSV]

stevieturbo said:

MadMaxHSV said:

They're not DiFilippo's with that bolt on branch section.
Although that saves dropping the steering rack
What size headers are they?

A mates DF manifolds has the bolt on no2 header tube. Makes perfect sense for fitment.

Must just be with their 1-7/8 headers. Less room probably. Agree it will help install a lot.

[stevieturbo]

MadMaxHSV said:

stevieturbo said:

MadMaxHSV said:

They're not DiFilippo's with that bolt on branch section.
Although that saves dropping the steering rack
What size headers are they?

A mates DF manifolds has the bolt on no2 header tube. Makes perfect sense for fitment.

Must just be with their 1-7/8 headers. Less room probably. Agree it will help install a lot.

Nope, his were 1 3/4", so I assume they do it with all of theirs.