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Well, i went from decat pipes with straight through exhaust with small rear boxes and only a 2.5inch exit, to decat pipes straight through with large back boxes (6" exit), and this quieted the system down a lot. which is odd, as i thought it would make it louder, so i can only assume, Larger back boxes are going to muffle the sound a lot better but will still give you the same performance.

pfft, think he got banned lol, come on carmad, dont you want a copy of the EC1 for a copy of the abflug? surely thats worth it hahaha

:tt2: good to have you back on the forum. lol

lol, well crack on lad, (psst, bumper) what happened to that Abflug that ZX-TT sold? (craig)

But the issue then comes with getting another nut on the stud, think you mean one of those nut splitters. just cut the nut off. problem arises from the fact there is nothing protecting the thread out in the air, so over time with heat, rust, cooling and what not, it goes rusty, expands then the bolt cant undo so ends up snapping the stud.

2 years already? my keira is 5 tomorrow (in 1 hour lol)

MS paint, awesome tool lol - - - Updated - - - whats your way, and we want paint diagrams, image is available on the first post lol

but its still a BMW......Zed lad, get it done, or at least swap your front bumper for mine in the mean time.

the above image is my actually elbows ive just sorted out. with the power of paint invested in me, basically cut out the black painted on parts in the below image with a angle grinder.

i think you should finish your zed off mate, stop mucking around with other cars lol

damn it wrong image lol

Think you are getting confused with the two issues lol On the original elbows its studs screwed into them with thread to use a nut on to hold the exhaust in place as per this image. as you can see, due to age, heat and just being a stupid design, the studs thread had rusted to the point where undoing the nut, snapped the stud (as per the image above) To get the stud out, i had to cut a V section into the elbow and then cut through the stud, i then hammered the two halves of the remaining stud together to get them to fall out. For the replacement exhaust, ive use Nuts bolts and washers to secure the down pipe to the elbow, a much better design as if i need to remove the exhaust at a later date and the bolt snaps i just replace the bolt, rather than having to drill out snapped studs and add V shapes to the elbows. Hope thats clearer.

cut both sides, no need for a large V, just enough so you can cut the stud in half, this gives you the chance to hammer both halves together so they come away from the thread holding them, and they basically drop out. No point using old nuts and bolts, but if you put the exhaust on, and need to take it off again and the nuts and bolts are still in newish condition, can use them again, but my point being, its better because if the exhaust has been on long enough, if the bolt snaps, you just pull it out and replace, none of this drilling crap or cutting V shapes.

would rather just use nut and bolt rather than screwing into the thread again. its much easier later on if the exhaust ever needs to come back off, if you snap a bolt thats gone rusty, you just replace it, rather than all this drilling and cutting V shape milarky lol

Holy crap, the car is even more of a beast then i realized. now i do not have a slipping clutch or boost leak, pulled 21PSI on the boost gauge, which is a hell of a lot more than the 18psi i was getting before the clutch went. scarily quick, think ill be taking the boost controller off of high setting for now. Might get it back on the dyno see if it can match the 457bhp from 2009, rather than the 424.6 i got when i first got the car. certainly feels more powerful.

Not sure my self, think it releases the clamping force on the stud, but leaves enough metal to use a nut and washer to bolt the exhaust up with. All i know is i put the V in, sliced through the stud, then hammered the two parts loose.

:lol: quickest fix thread in history

hahahah, im a donut hahahaha, omg........ Undid the throttle body pipes and also the intercooler pipes to allow the engine to rock back when taking the gearbox off, guess what i forgot to do back up.

ok got a sound like someone blowing a blade of grass between there fingers when i hit high boost with in the cabin, not sure what on earth it is and has only started happening since i change the clutch / flywheel / exhaust. Id of said it sounded similar to OEM dump valve goose honk, but i do not have OEM recircs on the car? i have z1 dump valves.

Theres about 5 down my end, was a classic color scheme to go for if you think about it.

quite a few of the herbie looking ones, not sure beeping randomly at everyone i see is going to be the best of things to do lol.

all done now mate, used an angle grinder and cut V shapes in, and carried on till i cut the stud in half, couple of whacks with a mallet and they fell out.

Finished my clutch off today, got it all back together and took it for a test drive. fell in love with my zed again :)

racelogic traction control..........works wonders :)

Not sure that would turn out too well with the elbows still mounted to the car lol, might make the neighbors a bit shocked.