Backyard Exhaust Shop

After finishing up my header, It was on to making my downpipe fit snugly above my frame rails. The death of my old exhaust system was because it hung too low and scraped away until it leaked. My test pipe and downpipe both showed up a few days ago so Bunny and I chocked up my car this morning and then test fitted everything to see what would have to be done to get it all to work. The downpipe clearly wasn't made for a lowered car so we flattened it out and exagerated the bend towards the test pipe. It definitely isn't the prettiest, but it won't be easily seen and shouldn't scrape which is what counts. Now we're just waiting for those BC II's and some EGR plugs. Still lots of other work to be done though.

Header Refinishing

I ordered a new header off of a fellow Zilvian that was in pretty rough shape. It showed up a few days ago and yesterday I finally got around to giving it a good old spit shine. I spent nearly two hours with dremels and wire brushes to get all of the rust off of it and then finally cleaned it up a bit and shot it with high temp header paint. I'm fairly impressed with the results.

New Exhaust is on Ze Way

I got up early this last Saturday to take my old exhaust out and tidy up the motor a bit. I'm currently removing all the emissions crap and waiting for new motor mounts. Overall, I'm happy with the progress so far. This coupe should be track ready in no time.