under the car yesterday as im getting some custom made 3" pipes from the cats to my ZEE exhaust.

 

Looking at the downpipes though they are welded to the cats without a flange in sight?

 

what do you all do when you buy new downpipes and keep the cats in place?

The exhaust if standard is in 3 sections from the down pipe, 4 if TT.

You might just have heat shields covering the flanges.

http://www.z32photoguide.com/exhaust.html

 

You replace the cats, when fitting new down pipes.

Edited January 8, 201115 yr by groover

mmm turbo side it looks as though it comes straight off turbo and into cat then flanged on the out side of the cat.

 

The first pic in the linkl doesnt show what its like from the turbo, is there any more?

 

thanks groover

I think the UK zed had one pre cat,passenger side, from the manifold, before the down pipe.

Will try and dig out some more info

cheers, appreciated

precat attached to down pipe

 

If you can, try and get some pics up of the system, someone previously may have had it bodged or part of. Will be easier to tell you whats going on then.

yer will take some pics.

 

mine doesnt have the pre-cat, just flange from turbo then complete section and flanged on the out-side of the cat, which makes it look like if i remove the standard down pipes then the cats come off with them.

Yes the cats are part of the downpipe.