looks good^^ and i hate you for how nice the weather is where your at....im sitting here looking at 4 inches of new snow
Oh and just a reminder, you will not be using the small 5" intermidate section with hanger on it. That is just for when you are bolting up to a cat.
Good luck with the install, and get some more pics!
Those pics are old.
Im sitting in 4 inches of snow as of earlier this week
It just rain/sleet/snowed all last night too!
The 5'' section is used regardless of cat or no cat. Its an adapter that goes between the cat and the downpipe.
They give you two. One is 2.5 (stock cat size) to 3" (size of MR catback) and they give you a full 3" adapter for MR downpipe to MR catback.
Its been on the car for a few months now.
Sounds really good.
But if I had a choice and could do it all from the start (bought my car with stock exhaust) I would have done what my friend Luke did and get a 3" downpipe and a 3" cutout.
I saw this cat-back in person the other day. The entire thing is beautiful, great welds and flanges, but the blue tip is aweful.... Other than that this thing is badass.
I picked up a MR 1G AWD downpipe the other day and am impressed with the overall quality. I will be cutting off the outlet flange so it will mate to a new Vibrant 3" catcon via bandclamp. I will also need to cut off the 2 bolt flange of my 3" catback to band clamp it to the catcon. These parts will be replacing my 2.5 SS downpipe and 2.5" cat. I'm going with band clamps because it will make swapping in the straight pipe at the track easier. I wished I'd gone 3" from the beginning as it would've saved me $ from having to mod twice. Unfortunately, MR weren't around back in the day and your typical 3" SS downpipe was priced at $350!!
[QUOTE=siceclipse;151344897]Here are some pics of when I first got it.
siceclipse or anyone that has this downpipe and catback for a 2g. just one question for ya real quick. how soon does the downpipe go out to 3". it looks like it is right after it bolts up to the o2 housing.
siceclipse or anyone that has this downpipe and catback for a 2g. just one question for ya real quick. how soon does the downpipe go out to 3". it looks like it is right after it bolts up to the o2 housing.
It depends on the model. The awd model is 2.75" right where it connects to the o2 housing but immediately goes to 3". The fwd model doesn't go to 3" until right after the flex section.
It depends on the model. The awd model is like 2.5" right where it connects to the o2 housing but immediately goes to 3". The fwd model doesn't go to 3" until right after the flex section.
thank you turbosax2 that is what i needed to know.
It is 2.75" a the flange where it meets up to the o2 housing.
You literaly have to beat the crap out of it to make it fit on the stock housing cause the bolts are too close together on the o2.
It will fit the stock o2 but i think they designed it to be used with the MR o2 housing.
Here are some comparison shots between the old and new revisions of the Megan Racing 2g awd downpipe.
Differences:
New one is slightly taller near o2 housing
Old one is slightly longer overall
New one necks down near o2 housing (downpipe is smooth on the inside so there is no disturbance in exhaust gases)
O2 housing bolted onto both fine but with old revision I couldn't use a socket to tighten the nuts - on the new one a socket fits fine
New one bolts up properly to catback, flange is clocked correctly
Flex sections are slightly different
"Megan Racing" badges are slightly different
I purchased a GST downpipe from ExtremePSI. From Megan's site it should look like this right?
The pipe I got looks awful like this one:
If I knew any better I'd say that they sent me the AWD one. I have a 2g GST and GSX and I think I got the reach around. I'm not looking forward to driving to Bensalem today, looks like I'll have to call them up when they open at 9.
The GST downpipe has a bend it in it looks like and I realized this last night while trying to bolt it up. Why is this? different routing because the cat back is different also to go around the gas tank?
^ Yes first pic is a fwd downpipe & second pic is the awd. In the fwd the system goes straight down the center of the tunnel & then around the gas tank. In the awd system the tunnel also has to be shared with the driveshaft so the exhaust is routed closer to the drivers side vs being centered in the fwd system. That why the fwd downpipe has more bend in it. As you can see the downpipes are also different lengths & use different mounting brackets.
I have the old Megan Racing downpipe and I love it, however, I am so glad they made it so you can fit a socket on it now. That was always a bit frustrating. I would recommend a Megan Racing pipe to anyone. I have had mine now for 3 years.
I also have the old style megan racing downpipe...You know, the one with the akward fitting o2 housing bolts and the funny flange. I agree, its a great piece! But, can i make it work with a thermal r&d? Any thoughts? Its a 2nd gen awd
Mine on my 1g hits my Driveshaft at the joint between the DP and the Test Pipe. I had to put an exhaust clamp around the exhaust further back and use a hanger to hold it over to the driver's side. It also likes to eat O2 housing to DP gaskets. Other than that it sounds great.
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I also have the old style megan racing downpipe...You know, the one with the akward fitting o2 housing bolts and the funny flange. I agree, its a great piece! But, can i make it work with a thermal r&d? Any thoughts? Its a 2nd gen awd
I have a MR fwd downpipe and a Thermal R&D catback and there is like a 3" gap between them. I'm FWD and SOL so I hope the AWD one works for you.
Ive been waiting a month for my Megan cat-back to show up and I still don't have a
tracking # from a vendor on here. They keep going back and fourth with
Megan saying
there out of stock for the 2g Awd 3in.
So its been very frustrating.
I will try to get a camcorder once I get the exhaust and install it since
I cant find any clips of the new Megan exhaust anywhere.
Anybody having problems mating a 2g awd Megan dp to their o2 housing? I thought the new revision of the dp was supposed to fix this problem, but the angles of the dp and o2 housing are different and they won't mate up. At one point I had the dp all bolted in but then the flex section was touching the oil pan.
Anybody having problems mating a 2g awd Megan dp to their o2 housing? I thought the new revision of the dp was supposed to fix this problem, but the angles of the dp and o2 housing are different and they won't mate up. At one point I had the dp all bolted in but then the flex section was touching the oil pan.
It's a Megan o2 housing. You would think they would work together...
I never compared the Megan o2 housing to the stock one so I'm not sure if the fault lies in the dp or the o2 housing. The o2 housing probably has to come back off the car soon so I can compare then, but I'd still like to hear from other people if they had issues or not.
I was going to order my O2 housing, DP, and catback for my GSX but I was told that Megan is backordered until the middle of November. But will all the good info on it here, i will just wait it out and order it then. Thanks for the info!
okay i bought a used Megan Racing downpipe, and its the older style. Can i bolt this up to my stock o2 housing? and use the stock gasket? it didnt come with its own gasket....
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Originally Posted by gsxAWDdsm692
I have a MR fwd downpipe and a Thermal R&D catback and there is like a 3" gap between them. I'm FWD and SOL so I hope the AWD one works for you.
this is also true, i had to weld on a 3" extension onto my thermal.
Anyone here have the old megan awd downpipe that doesnt fit correctly and ask megan if they will take it back and exchange it for the new batch? If so id like to send my dp back to megan so i can get one that actually fits
okay i bought a used Megan Racing downpipe, and its the older style. Can i bolt this up to my stock o2 housing? and use the stock gasket? it didnt come with its own gasket....
this is also true, i had to weld on a 3" extension onto my thermal.
It should bolt up. I'd recommend getting a new 2.5inch 2 bolt gasket.
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Originally Posted by KevinBoosted
Anyone here have the old megan awd downpipe that doesnt fit correctly and ask megan if they will take it back and exchange it for the new batch? If so id like to send my dp back to megan so i can get one that actually fits
Anyone else have the problem of the megan d/p being way too long? I purchased one last year when I did my swap and it ended up being a good 6" too long. I had it cut etc. and works fine now, Im just curious...
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I sent them an e-mail and immediately got back an error saying it didnt work Its understandable though as most websites contact e-mails are computer generated, so im not gonna start raising flags just yet. I will give them a call first thing monday morning
Damn man, I could have used these revisions when I wrestled with this dp a few years ago. I bought the dp and the cat-back for a pretty good deal, cat-back went on fine but the dp was a pain in the ass. I had to hammer it a bit to fit a socket over one of the bolts connecting to the o2 housing to tighten it all the way and avoid a nasty exhaust leak. I don't know if anyone has brought this up before, but if anyone is still using the stock t-25, there is a bracket holding the stock oil feed line that makes it nearly impossible to bolt the dp to the o2 housing. I had to hammer it a bit and bend it just to make it fit and even then it was a tight squeeze. The bracket needed to be removed completely when I put on my punishment o2 housing. For me, it wasn't a problem to remove it because I was putting in my 16g with a new oil feed anyway, but for those with different o2 housings, this might be a concern.
My advice is to check clearances before banging on things to make them fit, you wouldn't want to puncture your shiny new exhaust. Hopefully these new dp's don't cause a hassle, they look pretty good.
Its understandable though as most websites contact e-mails are computer generated, so im not gonna start raising flags just yet. I will give them a call first thing monday morning
