So I've taken the Zed of the road again because it seems the OEM exhaust has aged like milk and now it's crumbling, falling to bits when touched and pretty much leaking all over the place pre-catback.

Luckily I have a Longlife exhaust firm in my town (also have Powerflow but I don't fancy having the exhaust thrown together by some ned with daddy issues) which I'm going to see about a 3" straight through system from the turbo's back but my question is about certain hoses/pipes that seem to feed into the OEM exhaust front pipes at the sides.... what are they? I've searched high and low to find out what they are to the point where Google probably thinks I have an exhaust fetish but no luck!

 

If someone can shed some light on these pipes it would be great and any other advice on installing a turbo back system would also be appreciated.

 

 

Cheers

 

Andy

o2 sensors for a start

o2 sensors for a start

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Will be a custom made so will be getting the company to include them into the design on the exhaust.

No Tony, what he’s describing is the AIV inlets. OP, you can delete the AIVs. These pipes you describe are the small tubes feeding into the downpipes. The whole lot can be removed.

 

I’m afraid the only suitable location for a Powerflow system is your local refuse site. I wouldn’t fit a Powerflow system personally, they’re abysmal. Questionable build quality from the wide variety of skill sets you get at the various franchise locations, the materials though are a constant and they’re poor quality at best.

No Tony, what he’s describing is the AIV inlets. OP, you can delete the AIVs. These pipes you describe are the small tubes feeding into the downpipes. The whole lot can be removed.

 

I’m afraid the only suitable location for a Powerflow system is your local refuse site. I wouldn’t fit a Powerflow system personally, they’re abysmal. Questionable build quality from the wide variety of skill sets you get at the various franchise locations, the materials though are a constant and they’re poor quality at best.

 

 

Thanks for the reply Funkysi

 

About the AIV inlets: does that need any certain kit to delete?

 

I wasn't going to go with Powerflow either bud, just saying in my post that they have a very shoddy reputation of going guff builds thrown together with duct tape and chewing gum.

 

The company I was going to use is LongLife Exhausts, I'm also a member of the Vecta-c.com owners club for my daily driver and a few of the guys on there have had some really good systems built by them.

 

Thanks for the information on what those pipes actually are, been scratching my head about them but now I can research how to delete them.

About the AIV inlets: does that need any certain kit to delete?.

 

Comprehensive how-to's here:

 

http://www.pexcom.com.au/z32cms/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.529

Comprehensive how-to's here:

 

http://www.pexcom.com.au/z32cms/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.529

 

Nice! Thanks mate

 

Had a look through the guide and it turns out the AIV solenoid has been removed previously although when I got behind the inner arches the hardware is still sitting around waiting to be taken out which i'll get round to in due course.

 

Thanks for the help everyone, you're a good bunch.