Calling all catless downpipes

Speed Daddy catless ebay downpipe, Cobb exhaust. Huge power gain and the most amazing sound I could have ever hoped for. Perfect fitment, good welds. I haven't had any issues to date (knock on wood). I've been running it for a few months now. Some have been running the ebay DP for over a year with no issues. $140 shipped to my door.

Make sure you have upgraded fuel pump internals before you upgrade DP. PTP internals are $300 shipped on protege garage right now. I ordered them and had them withing two days.
 
Search and read. it's all there. Many, many threads. You have a TurboXS dp/rp (catless) on the way, IIRC. That's where you need to focus, IMHO, rather than on setups that differ.

Your dp/rp combo will come with all the necessary adapters, gaskets and hardware to bolt up to the stock CBE without having to buy anything else. All dp's on this car are a PITA to install. Plan on two guys one working on top, one on bottom for about four hours to do it right. Plan on using lots of PB Blaster and being extremely careful with those studs and nuts and with the O2 sensors. Do not try to force anything. I'm worried about stud stretch and nut fatigue on your car because you've already had multiple change out from stock to a dp/rp and then back already. Need lots of patience, wiggler socket and several different size extensions. Need O2 sensor tool, etc.

It's all in "how to" sections on this or other boards.

Need a tune. HT will work well to prevent the likely spikes. That's the one you are offering for sale in another thread! Without a tune you WILL get dangerous boost spikes and probably hit load cut as well. All of this has been said before. Many times.

Need cdfp internals, preferably AutoTech. Again, all of this has been said before. Many times.

Done properly you'll be very pleased. If you have fitment problems you are not doing it properly.

It will be loud. I repeat. Loud. You will probably have a headache producing drone during deceleration or cruising at around 2,500 rpm. It the cabin noise bothers you, you can reduce it considerably with a properly placed additional reso without losing any power. Again, all discussed ad nauseum before.

Running catless, when you do not have emission control or inspection issues does also carry with it the old exhaust smells all cars had before catalytic converters. Some passengers might not like it. You can eliminate that by running your air conditioner in recirc mode.

You do have an increased risk of "smoking turbo" due to lack of high temp cats to burn off exhaust residue or any oil that might be escaping through the turbo seals. Again, discussed over and over again.

Yes, I like it because I took time to do it right and read, read, read, all the many threads rather than trying to get whoever happens to randomly answer one thread posted on one day. That is a terrible way to collect good advice. There is no substitute for good research.

Quick answers are usually bad answers. Longer answers take time. Time that could be saved by simply reading the threads here first.
 
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i picked up a catless TurboXS stealthback on ebay for $100 shipped used. came with the adapter. Best Mod ever! made the mistake of not buying the fuel pump. had to take it easy on it for a month then ordered. hpfpupgrade internals for $306.40 to my door. and i hit 2150psi then hold 1950psi most other internals cant do that!! Catless Dp is the way to go in my book! especially running stock cbe!
 
^ Are you doing this on stock tune? I did for a while, but have since come to realize that this is likely to be unsafe.

If you are monitoring fuel rail pressure, you must also be able to tell if you have any issues regarding overboost, wastegate duty cycle, AFR's under load, KR, etc. Once I started datalogging and not just spot checking real time values, I became concerned that this combo without a tune was good for long term engine health.
 

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