Downpipe and sports cat - buying & fitting

[edd30]

http://www.millteksport.com/exhaust.products.cfm?variantid=275

Whats the concensus on the above ?

Is it difficult to fit ? I changed the one on my S3 8L, it took me 3 weekends to get right, a right bitch to get out involving reciprocating saws, dropping of subframe and propshaft. Was worth it though, spool up and torque so much better. Also Brucie bonus of better mpg and lower egts.

Car is FWD ... so no prop this time.

[_Dejan_]

If you have lift it will be very easy to fit... :)

[edd30]

I did it with the car on 4 jack stands, but it was a horrible job. Wore out 7 blades cutting through the flexi pipe and DP. I had to destroy it. From what I can see, the mk5 *should* be easier, if I can get the nuts off the turbo outlet flange without it seizing or snapping the studs. I'll spray lots of plus gas on it first. I'd hate to start the job and find I snap one or more of the studs ...

Dejan, I see you have replaced the baffled turbo outlet with one without the silencer. Was it difficult to remove and fit ? It fits between the turbo and the DP ?

[Spankiee]

Just take it to a garage or rent a ramp. Done in an hour or two. And a much better fit

[edd30]

Well I bought the thing B.I.N. and not the auction. Let's see if it's any good.

[_Dejan_]

I did it with the car on 4 jack stands, but it was a horrible job. Wore out 7 blades cutting through the flexi pipe and DP. I had to destroy it. From what I can see, the mk5 *should* be easier, if I can get the nuts off the turbo outlet flange without it seizing or snapping the studs. I'll spray lots of plus gas on it first. I'd hate to start the job and find I snap one or more of the studs ...

Dejan, I see you have replaced the baffled turbo outlet with one without the silencer. Was it difficult to remove and fit ? It fits between the turbo and the DP ?

In one hour you can have change it if all fit perfect without modifications. Afcourse if you have lift/ramp on jack stand it is very dificult but not imposible you will only yspend much time...

turbo outlet is on cold side(pipe connected to intercooler) of turbo not on hot side(downpipe)... When I had turbo down on desk it was very easy to fit(3 bolts) with turbo on car you must remove pipes/hoses and then you can change it...

[edd30]

I see. The silencer is on the cold side.

Do you advise getting new turbo flange nuts ? Turbo hot side gasket ?
Probably need a new clamp.

I think i'll get a quote for the work in a garage, as it is starting to get cold now.

[ED30GTI]

I've just taken my decat off and fitted my standard cat . Did it on the drive in about 1h 30 mins quite easy if you can get the car hig enough I reversed onto my ramps and jacked the front as high as I could and put the front on stands , it's fairly straightforward from there 

[edd30]

Are there good places to jack the car up on ? I have a trolly jack and 4 stands, but I want to avoid chewing up the underside with the jack.

[ED30GTI]

I just use the jacking points on the sill , there are arrows on the sill where there are 

[edd30]

it's arrived 

Looks very well made.

[ed30Lewis]

Ive also got my eye on the above ^^

Good to hear its well made! Is this going to be mated to the stock cat back system?

[edd30]

      

      

      

      

      

There you go. Unboxing 2.0 tfsi 3" DP and sports cat

Observations
Well packed
Good quality stainless steel
Welds look good and strong
Threads look good
Cat is a metal matrix type and not ceramic
No pre-cat

I measured it as 74mm, tapering to 60mm to connect up to stock system. This bit will be cut off if you have a 3" cat back system to maintain the same pipe size.



Here is a Milltek decat pipe for comparison.

[edd30]

Ive also got my eye on the above ^^

Good to hear its well made! Is this going to be mated to the stock cat back system?

Yes, I intend using the stock cat back. Need to save my pennies .... for a HPFP 

[ed30Lewis]

Looks very promising! 

Are you getting this fitted soon? Will be interesting to hear your feedback once its all fitted and mated to the stock cat-back system and how it sounds/performs.

HPFP will give you some big smiles