Product Review: Ebay Downpipes

[PHOENIX]

Please post your personal experiences with this product and the company who built and sold it to you. Pros and Cons will help fellow mr2 owners in the market for this type of product make there purchasing decision. Posting pictures installed in this section would be great.

Ebay Specials
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ipe&category0=

- there are a couple different no name types on eBay with not enough information to really make its own section for them. No one really knows much about these yet although I am sure we will here about them soon in the product review area. Till then, im not gonna say anything about them since they seem to come and go every other week.

[47mr2's]

I've installed 4-5 of these. They are a pretty nice piece for the money. Some of them seem to fit better than others. I have one on my own car at this point. Mine has been modified with a 3" flex section to fit my gen3. If you get lucky you'll get one that fits perfectly. I have never had any major issues just had to finesse the thing a little bit more to get it in. I would definitely recomend them for the money. If not get one from extreme boost theirs is nicer quality.

[91T_SW20]

Originally Posted by 47mr2's

I've installed 4-5 of these. They are a pretty nice piece for the money. Some of them seem to fit better than others. I have one on my own car at this point. Mine has been modified with a 3" flex section to fit my gen3. If you get lucky you'll get one that fits perfectly. I have never had any major issues just had to finesse the thing a little bit more to get it in. I would definitely recomend them for the money. If not get one from extreme boost theirs is nicer quality.

Extreme boost's downpipe is Beautiful! BUT their costumer service is the worst around. I would not recommend going through them as many here have had problems with them before and are still are....

I'd go through a different company that sells their product and has a better name than they do...

[alphonsus]

Did you get a noticeable performance gain from installing these?

[turboexec]

I have a XS Power 3'' DP. I had no problem fitting it to the CT27 and I had plenty of clearance around the dipstick and AC area. However, when trying to fit the b-pipe to my 3'' TKO I ran into some fitment issues. The DP wasn't long enough to bolt the b-pipe in easily. I needed to go with longer bolts and stretch the b-pipe out a bit to snuggly mount the exhaust. Not a big deal, just took some work.

[boost3d2]

i got an xs power dp as well and love it. fit very well and havent really had any problems. great for the money... the xs power turbo manifold on the other hand has a whole different story.

[3sgtepower]

Originally Posted by alphonsus

Did you get a noticeable performance gain from installing these?

Well DUH! What do you think freeing up the flow of your exhaust by eliminating a catylitic converter and about 20lbs in polution control is going to do to a turbo car? Decrease perfomance and increase lag?

Mine worked for 2 weeks, but then my boost spiked to 25psi, and i think the turbos wastegate might be stuck open because of the downpipe, because it hasnt been boosting right since (15psi at 5000rpm). I had fitment issues, my support bracket would not bolt to the block it was 2mm off.

When the turbo was working right, after I installed the dpipe, Spool kicks in about 300rpms quicker, more topend hp, lowerend and more torque, large noticeable gain in engine performance.