Possibly rigid collars?
I haven't seen under the hood of the 5, but I'm assuming it's the same as the koup. If you look under the hood at the strut towers, from a quick glance I didn't see straight forward way to get to the strut towers to make a bar.How about a strut tower brace and maybe a rear chassis/trunk brace?
Nice! I want to work on a downpipe soon. Initially, I want a cast stainless elbow that travels downward and then I will have stainless pipe and flex welded to that. I ideally want to create the downpipe where it is one piece from the turbo to the cat-back, eliminating all cats, and I could put my own high flow cat in there, or have a cat-less option.I have a local custom exhaust shop that does excellent work but they didn't have access to the equipment that would allow them to do what I wanted to try.
Maybe you may have an idea how or if it would make a difference on this small of a turbo or since the down pipe is a little short to get the effect desired. It has been awhile since
I made the last one but I do remember the dyno runs showed an increase in hp and tq at lower rpms.
We took the flange going to the exhaust on the turbo which I believe was 2.5" then gradually flared out to 4" pipe for about 12" then gradually tapered back to a 3" high flow cat but in this case it would be
a flex tube. The idea was to give the initial push of exhaust a fast escape which also allowed the turbo to spool faster reducing lag and giving more boost sooner.
The pipe I made was for a mazda rx7 and worked well. First one was made the hard way some pipe, sheet metal, mallet, sand bag, plasma, and a tig welder kind of reminded me of a chamber on a dirt bike.
Just an idea to kick around.
Would one piece be able to be shipped to Australia for reasonable postage cost though?Nice! I want to work on a downpipe soon. Initially, I want a cast stainless elbow that travels downward and then I will have stainless pipe and flex welded to that. I ideally want to create the downpipe where it is one piece from the turbo to the cat-back, eliminating all cats, and I could put my own high flow cat in there, or have a cat-less option.
I think so. In the past, I have had to ship things of similar size to Australia and FedEx wasn't too bad. Maybe $100-$150 USD for 2-4 day delivery time.Would one piece be able to be shipped to Australia for reasonable postage cost though?
I think he is but most are doing a custom setup. Check out the exhaust threadAny plans for developing exhaust components?
I will be making water/meth injection possible with a new throttle body I'm working on, as well as something that will help add it to the intake manifold.How about using that port on your existing intake and making a Y fitting and fogger to add meth/water injection pre turbo that can hook up to your washer fluid pump.. I'm building this myself but would've been cool to just buy a existing kit lol.
You may have looked already, but the Aftermarket Wheels thread has all the info on stock offsets and the various offsets members have chosen for aftermarket rims - one of my posts in that thread also sets out the various measurements taken from my Koup re; gap from the line of the stock rim to the line of the guard. Remember also, the stock rims are only 7.5 inches in width. Hope that helpsI would like some wheel spacers to flush up my stock wheels. I don't know how far of an offset that I'd but I think the stock rims are awesome and they are already 18s so a little vinyl wrap and I'm set. I would just like them more flush with the fender.