Why is the CP-E downpipe so expensive seeming?

[ch77]

Is it a downpipe & midpipe sold together? I would't think it overpriced if so.

I am considering this downpipe & exhaust combo (and have been for a while) and will actually do something about it in the spring. So anyone who's got info or has the full CP-E exhaust, I'm asking you..

Spring seems like the time to do it. The car will be garaged from 11/31 to 3/31 and the money I saved on lowering my insurance coverage for that period was enough to get in on the group buy of the PG turbo manifold, so the exhaust has to wait. Again.

 

[Craighjr]

CP-E downpipe is a dp and midpipe in one so yes it is fairly priced.

 

[Falconx84]

^^ what he said

 

[PLM_Man]

I second that its both down pipe and mid pipe in one. I ordered the CPE turbo back which includes their catback and down/mid pipe. I opted for the hi-flow cat. I looked down the sensor bung and was able to see some of the internals of the cat. It looks like there's a lot of crud covering about half of the surface area inside the mesh. I'm assuming that crap gets burnt off after a few miles. Is that a good assumption, or is the cat f'ed up and completely restricting flow over that portion? (scratch) Not installing it until spring time so can't give any impressions of the system.

 

[drledford93]

So, what are your impressions of this system? I'm also looking at it for the springtime...

Daniel

 

[ch77]

Ah, so it IS a downpipe/midpipe combo. Cool.. I wonder if the CP-E downpipe & exhaust, combined with the PG turbo manifold and existing MS CAI are enough mods to require a tuning solution, which I'm trying to put off as long as I can.

 

[fourthmeal]

Maybe just a CDFP upgrade, but I'd get that installed before I ran hard at all. The CDFP upgrade seems to support additional flow without the need to control it via a tuning solution. Time will tell.

 

[PLM_Man]

Well to answer my own question about the crap in the cat, I had a chance to look at it again as its just sitting uninstalled in the corner of my garage until spring time, and looks as if a spark from the welding probably flew inside the cat and started to mar the mesh inside because I could see a black circle where it landed inside about the size of a penny. I'm going to make another assumption that after the exhaust breaks in, the entire internal mesh will look the same, as hot exhaust gases will be escaping through it anyways. I just hope that it doesn't throw a cel come install time. Since the area in question is so close to the second O2 sensor it just gets me a little worried, but I'm sure I'm just paranoid....right??

 

[Bravnik]

I don't think you're paranoid.......or are you?