cookiemonster Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 Need to replace the flexi on the Nismo Exhaust and although ive found where to purchase them from, does anyone know the bore size and length i would need? i cant get the car on a ramp until Monday to find out and need to get the car MOT done! Any help would be appreciated! Dan Quote
cookiemonster Posted July 29, 2010 Author Posted July 29, 2010 Anyone with even a slight idea? Heres where Mark at Abbey has told me to get them from, but as you can see there are a few. http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorspor ... /1883/5912 Quote
cookiemonster Posted July 30, 2010 Author Posted July 30, 2010 Ok ive seen on another site that the Nismo Y pipe is 2.5 inch in and 3 inch out, does that sound right? if so im guessing 2.5 inch would work out to roughly 63mm. The website shows the three sizes so im going with the middle one as from memory that seems the most likely. If anyone has any better idea let me know Quote
M13KYF Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 only heard of one instance of it going before and that was due to it the y pipe not correctly fitted. May be worth checking Quote
IanS16 Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 only heard of one instance of it going before and that was due to it the y pipe not correctly fitted. May be worth checking Mine went due to scraping on speed bumps, cost me nearly as much as a new Y pipe to get repaired though Quote
cookiemonster Posted July 30, 2010 Author Posted July 30, 2010 Yea the flexi has perished due to both those reasons, i have decats which means they dont have the bar going across for support like the standard cats and that has meant extra stress on the flexi. Ive also caught them twice and you can see it has made a dent. The cost of repair is simply the flexis which have worked out at £55 and labour, which will be nothing for me as my mate at the garage can do it for free, cheaper than a new y pipe at £200+ Quote
jamzee500 Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 just wanted to bring this post up again, i bought the car off cookiemonster the other day, i asked him to fit the decats for me and the flexi's are dead again, he mentioned above that this is due to the decats not having support? is there anything i can do to make sure this doesnt happen again once i replace? (but still keep the decats) Cheers JM Quote
introspect Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 just wanted to bring this post up again, i bought the car off cookiemonster the other day, i asked him to fit the decats for me and the flexi's are dead again, he mentioned above that this is due to the decats not having support? is there anything i can do to make sure this doesnt happen again once i replace? (but still keep the decats) Cheers JM I'd suggest getting some decats that have the brackets on them (such as Berks) for securing them to the oem support. Alternatively you could get some brackets made up and welded on to your current decats. Quote
Ian Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Buy a decent Y-pipe Common fault with the Nismo pipe. I run decats for 4 years with my Ichiba y-pipe & never had any problems with the flexi Quote
Neilp Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Cost me nearly 180 to get mines fixed. The flexis were under pressure when fitted. My exhaust guy put slightly longer ones in to take the pressure off Quote
jamzee500 Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Buy a decent Y-pipe Common fault with the Nismo pipe. I run decats for 4 years with my Ichiba y-pipe & never had any problems with the flexi sounds like a plan! wheres the best place to get an ichiba y pipe? Cheers forthe advice guys JM Quote
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