Chech it out...

My new Racing Beat Downpipe..

I have modified ti since my last 1 cracked really badly from bottoming out.

have a high temp flex joint installed and a second bung for my lm-1

new RB pipe 125
flew joint 125
bung 5
labor 120

total cost 375

 

Wow, you did a real nice job putting that together with the flex joint!
How come the flex joint costs so much? I've seen them for sale at canadian tire for like 30$ tops I believe in a bin! Theres obviously a difference in quality?

 

I'm not Rotary Guru but is it wise to place the O2 bung so close to the engine?

 

The stock O2 sensors in N/A cars is less then 3 inches from rear rotor exhaust. O2 sensors are made to take the heat.

 

how did you bang the RB pipe it doesn't hang that low....... anyway the work looks really nice on it!

 

Racing Beat puts the O2 sensor bung, for stock, in that exact location. He added his LM-1 right next to it, though I would've put it farther down the line since it can distort the readings a bit and shorten the life of the bosch O2 in rotary cars according to Innovate Motorsports. Of course this is why they sell a heat sink bung adapter, which might be a good idea for the wideband bosch.

 

That's perty...good job.

 

Yeah 90 dollar wide bands are probably to be treated a bit nicer than 28 dollar narrow bands. Just my input.

 

Yeah man! Looks good....

same comment on placing the wideband so close to the turbo.

I put my wideband at teh very end of my downpipe.

James

 

Very good job man. Can I have your old down pipe? :p .

 

i got the HBX1 from innovatemotorsportsto save my O2 sensor since it is so close.

 

looks nice
didnt realize that our cars really owuld need a flex pipe, only thing i can think of is if stuff is out of alignment. the exhaust that is. give you a little room to line it up right.

 

This is with the O2 sensors installed.

 

Nice welds though!

So is that what the heatsink bung looks like?

James

 

The one at the right, is between the O2 bung and the sensor:

 

the main reason i installed the flex pipe is that the mid pipe bottomed out going in and out of drive ways....