RV6 Performance Downpipe Instillation Guide

[TheShadow]

Update - the video supplement to this written instillation guide has been created and is linked in the original post.

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[mdub83]

Thanks alot. I'm gonna install it this week. I also got it ceramically coated from Hot Jet.
About how long did the install take you?

 

[VTECnR]

Update - the video supplement to this written instillation guide has been created and is linked in the original post.

Awesome, thanks so much!

 

[02SilverSiHB]

Nice install. I have to wonder though...are any gains actually seen from replacing the factory downpipe with another downpipe that has a cat? From the looks of it, the factory one is beefy...I wonder if a catless would even reveal much of any gains?

 

[Hayabusa160]

i went catless just to remove that massive heat source out of the engine bay

 

[TheShadow]

Thanks alot. I'm gonna install it this week. I also got it ceramically coated from Hot Jet.
About how long did the install take you?

I would say pulling the parts off and installing the new ones can be done in under 2 hours, but it is really worth your wait to let the penetrating liquid soak into the turbo bolts for at least an hour or two. People have snapped those and it is not a fun job replacing them.

 

[02SilverSiHB]

i went catless just to remove that massive heat source out of the engine bay

did your engine temps/etc go down?

 

[Hayabusa160]

i didnt get to install mine yet too lazy

 

[mdub83]

Update - the video supplement to this written instillation guide has been created and is linked in the original post.

How did you remove that bolt on the front side of the heat shield? as you mentioned in the guide, it's EXTREMELY difficult to get to. My wrist is killing me trying to get the wrench in that small narrow space

 

[TheShadow]

How did you remove that bolt on the front side of the heat shield? as you mentioned in the guide, it's EXTREMELY difficult to get to. My wrist is killing me trying to get the wrench in that small narrow space

Try going up from underneath the car (through the belly pan.) Otherwise you can try extensions / flex joints, but it is tricky to keep the socket on the bolt head with that way. As a last resort the cross brace on top of the radiator can be removed, but it takes more time to do that.

 

[mdub83]

Try going up from underneath the car (through the belly pan.) Otherwise you can try extensions / flex joints, but it is tricky to keep the socket on the bolt head with that way. As a last resort the cross brace on top of the radiator can be removed, but it takes more time to do that.

Thanks. I thought of going under through the belly pan but it seemed too far a reach

 

[mdub83]

Try going up from underneath the car (through the belly pan.) Otherwise you can try extensions / flex joints, but it is tricky to keep the socket on the bolt head with that way. As a last resort the cross brace on top of the radiator can be removed, but it takes more time to do that.

Is it possible to remove the downpipe with the heat shield attached?

 

[TheShadow]

Is it possible to remove the downpipe with the heat shield attached?

Unfortunately no - you will not be able to access the bolts / nuts securing the downpipe into the turbo. The shield will need to come off.

 

[mdub83]

that sucks. i am gona have to remove that cross brace then

 

[Night Fury]

i didnt get to install mine yet too lazy

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