My CP-E Turbo Back has been shipped!!!

Drive back to work and get your card reader! I want pics and vids NOW. It will give you a reason to show off your new exhaust.
 
Kosh said:
Sweet! Glad you like it. Now you make me want one more :) How much time was it to install?
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I would say a good 3 hours. But me and mechanic both agreed to take our time so it pretty much took all day. But i only paid the average rate for 3 hours.
 
MS3-oholic said:
Drive back to work and get your card reader! I want pics and vids NOW. It will give you a reason to show off your new exhaust.
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I wish I could I work at the Port of Miami and I really don't want to get asked why I am coming back to work when we are closed then getting searched for no reason b/c the cops are bigger assholes than coast guard and or customs...lol I just wait till Monday. Savor it you won't regret it...hehe
 
knowledge007 said:
I would say a good 3 hours. But me and mechanic both agreed to take our time so it pretty much took all day. But i only paid the average rate for 3 hours.
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s***, started on thursday by myself, tell you one thing the downpipe part is the hardest by way far. Between me trying to cut my stubborn ass pipe with the crappy rented cutters and the downpipe. I gave up because the downpipe will not come out. I've been forced to take it to a muffler shop on monday that will cut the damn thing out in like two friggen minutes after my 8 hour event. My time of course is only due to my sprained ankle (not very fast) and the fact that everytime i do something it always screws up. lol Anyway, I talked to josh at cpe about the downpipe but i was unable to get it out due to all but one of my turbo housing studs staying in (lucky me). So between that and the cat mount flange on the pipe, i was unable to get enough movement to remove the pipe. This case probably won't happen to anyone else, but like I said, nothing works for me. After one stupid cut in the wrong spot on the cat-back, 3 other attempts on the cat back and finally getting it cut, a nice bonk on the eye brow (look like a neanderthal), some angry throwing of the 3 piece cat back in the dumpster, i had finally got the stock pipe out. The O2 bung was just a cpe said, their trick worked like magic!! Good thing they mentioned that or i'd be getting another sensor. then the downpipe. Just a suggestion on the instructions, when taking off the top heat shield of the manifold, its way fricken easier to remove the turbo feed hose and remove it that way than 4 other hard to get to bolts of the intercooler support. Anyway, got that out after awhile, got the other heat shields out and both O2 sensors no prob, cept no space for most ratchets, the two support brace bolts, and the first four nuts on the downpipe/turbo housing. The last nut i stripped, go figure, after going all over town to get a damn smaller extension for my ratchet. Then had to go back and get a bolt/nut removal set. Got that off and that was the only stud that came out. Then i had to get a new stud/ nut since its a wast to try and get the nut off the stud for only a few bucks. Anyway, the damn downpipe wouldn't budge. AND, when i was putting it all back together, I was threading the damn bov back on and of course that damn manifold coming from the intercooler is soo soft it just wants to be rethreaded everytime, I wasn't even putting any force upon it to make sure it didn't do it, but to the will of god if screwed up and hopefully the guy at the shop has a tap/die set so he can help me out, and the reinstall of the stock parts for monday was soo damn easy i thought i had forgot something. o well, anyway will be visting the shop monday morning and will have some pics and downpipe only/ full tbe videos on another forum monday night(i'll put a link in here). In all, i love the quality of the exhaust, but I'll probably love it more once its on!!!
 
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tvissues said:
s***, started on thursday by myself, tell you one thing the downpipe part is the hardest by way far. Between me trying to cut my stubborn ass pipe with the crappy rented cutters and the downpipe. I gave up because the downpipe will not come out. I've been forced to take it to a
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This is exactly the reason I went to the dealer. He had every necessary extension to get the dp out and away. Everything turned out perfect. Eve put three of the heat sheilds back ontop of the mani execpt the one that screwed onto the stock dp. Everything looks factory!!!

But as stated on other threads, must get to know your dealer very well.
 
Hehe, u guys should get to know your engine a little better. Just invest in some nice tools, and u and your car will become ONE :) Props for Tv attempting to dive in there.....

....but if ya got the money to spend on installs, more power to ya! Good Luck guys, gets some pics and vids up soon....
 
Kosh said:
I have a question you can help me with. I'm just looking to purchase the system and was wondering if you could give some information about mufflers. What are the differences between going with a 6" axelback muffler and going with the 12" oval muffler? I'm mainly interested in performance and not so much with how it sounds.

Thanks!
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No problem :D

The 12" muffler is a more traditional "muffler" because it has a lot of packing than the 6" mufflers do.

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The 6" muffler are more of a hybrid between a muffler and a resonator because it does feature some packing material. These do a better job at reducing drone than quieting down the exhaust. You can see at the rear of the exhaust in this picture, the 6" muffler looks like a long cat.

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But like we've said in the past, this exhaust system is not loud, and drone is almost non-existant. We only offer the extra muffler for people who want the added performance without the added noise over the stock exhaust system. So unless you're real sensitive to exhaust volume, you can probably skip the extra muffler.




tvissues said:
s***, started on thursday by myself, tell you one thing the downpipe part is the hardest by way far. Between me trying to cut my stubborn ass pipe with the crappy rented cutters and the downpipe. I gave up because the downpipe will not come out. I've been forced to take it to a muffler shop on monday that will cut the damn thing out in like two friggen minutes after my 8 hour event. My time of course is only due to my sprained ankle (not very fast) and the fact that everytime i do something it always screws up. lol Anyway, I talked to josh at cpe about the downpipe but i was unable to get it out due to all but one of my turbo housing studs staying in (lucky me). So between that and the cat mount flange on the pipe, i was unable to get enough movement to remove the pipe. This case probably won't happen to anyone else, but like I said, nothing works for me. After one stupid cut in the wrong spot on the cat-back, 3 other attempts on the cat back and finally getting it cut, a nice bonk on the eye brow (look like a neanderthal), some angry throwing of the 3 piece cat back in the dumpster, i had finally got the stock pipe out. The O2 bung was just a cpe said, their trick worked like magic!! Good thing they mentioned that or i'd be getting another sensor. then the downpipe. Just a suggestion on the instructions, when taking off the top heat shield of the manifold, its way fricken easier to remove the turbo feed hose and remove it that way than 4 other hard to get to bolts of the intercooler support. Anyway, got that out after awhile, got the other heat shields out and both O2 sensors no prob, cept no space for most ratchets, the two support brace bolts, and the first four nuts on the downpipe/turbo housing. The last nut i stripped, go figure, after going all over town to get a damn smaller extension for my ratchet. Then had to go back and get a bolt/nut removal set. Got that off and that was the only stud that came out. Then i had to get a new stud/ nut since its a wast to try and get the nut off the stud for only a few bucks. Anyway, the damn downpipe wouldn't budge. AND, when i was putting it all back together, I was threading the damn bov back on and of course that damn manifold coming from the intercooler is soo soft it just wants to be rethreaded everytime, I wasn't even putting any force upon it to make sure it didn't do it, but to the will of god if screwed up and hopefully the guy at the shop has a tap/die set so he can help me out, and the reinstall of the stock parts for monday was soo damn easy i thought i had forgot something. o well, anyway will be visting the shop monday morning and will have some pics and downpipe only/ full tbe videos on another forum monday night(i'll put a link in here). In all, i love the quality of the exhaust, but I'll probably love it more once its on!!!
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I'm really sorry you ran into so many problems! Now that I've installed our downpipes a few times, there are definitely some tricks to getting those pipes in and out of the car. If at any point you run into anymore weird issues that aren't specifically addressed in the instructions, PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

And thanks for going to extra mile to post pics and vids! I'm anxious to see what you think of the system once it's on there!! (nailbyt) :D


Jordan
 
O im sure i'll love it! i deffinitly like the tip, I was skeptical at first because the only pics i saw was from this one guy that had it put on but his situation made it stick out. Now that i have it on its very nice looking, almost stock. Anyway, i don't think i will run into anymore issues since this guy is just going to cut it out, i know how to do it now! lol

I went to my dealer too (not a speed dealer) and the single mazda tech had to go and look in the manual to see what i was talking about. So besides the 80 an hour, they wouldn't be able to do it for me on saturday. No place in town would actually. So now i have to wait until monday and this muffler shop is going to help me. I will deffinitly have some videos/pics up monday night. I previously had a video of just the downpipe so i will be doing a comparison of the stock to cpe downpipe (probably a big difference) and then the full exhaust systems and when i get my cpe intake i will put up a video if there is a change in the exhaust sound. probably not but o well.
 
tvissues said:
O im sure i'll love it! i deffinitly like the tip, I was skeptical at first because the only pics i saw was from this one guy that had it put on but his situation made it stick out. Now that i have it on its very nice looking, almost stock. Anyway, i don't think i will run into anymore issues since this guy is just going to cut it out, i know how to do it now! lol

I went to my dealer too (not a speed dealer) and the single mazda tech had to go and look in the manual to see what i was talking about. So besides the 80 an hour, they wouldn't be able to do it for me on saturday. No place in town would actually. So now i have to wait until monday and this muffler shop is going to help me. I will deffinitly have some videos/pics up monday night. I previously had a video of just the downpipe so i will be doing a comparison of the stock to cpe downpipe (probably a big difference) and then the full exhaust systems and when i get my cpe intake i will put up a video if there is a change in the exhaust sound. probably not but o well.
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Ah, glad to hear that you like the tip. We (cp-e) were talking about making some changes if people weren't happy with how far it sticks out from the rear bumper. We originally made the tip flush with the rear bumper partially because we thought that's where it looked best, and also because we wanted the "Custom Performanc Engineering" logo on the tip to be visible. When we saw that pic the guy you're referring to posted, we all agreed that isn't how its supposed to look. So I'm glad you're happy with the placement.

Also, we really appreciate you posting pics and vids since word of mouth is really our only advertisement, and feedback is what everyone is waiting for. It's one thing if we claim something about one of our products, but its a whole other story if one of our unbiased customers claims something. So we'll be eagerly waiting those vids :D

Thanks again!


Jordan
 
No prob CPE. Placement does look a bit abnormal. But not by much. I personally like it just where it is. If and when I do get some kind of body kit it should be perfect. Great job CPE, i'm really turning heads now...hehe
 
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