Satria GTi Exhaust Center Piping Upgrade

3rd November 2008

Recently I was thinking of getting a bigger diameter center piping as the engine displacement was increased to 1.6L after the major engine overhaul. I was thinking of using 2.0 inch piping, but then one of my friend adviced that I will lose low end torque with 2.0 inch piping.

And coincidentaly this friend of mine wanted to upgrade his Satria GTi 1.8L piping to 2.0 inch. So this would be a good chance for me to get his original piping to fit into my car.

The GTi piping is slightly shorter by about 4.0 inches which need to be extended to fit into my car. The result was quite satisfying as the pickup and power increased throughout the entire RPM range.

Kenny's original GTi piping placed together with the new aftermarket 2.0 inch piping. 800x600	The aftermarket 2.0 inch piping is longer as the catalytic converter is no longer needed in an upgraded exhaust system. 800x600	The GTi piping cleaned and sprayed black with high temperature paint. Soon after that I noticed that the piping is not long enough to fit into my car. 800x600
Piping extended to fit into my car. Wrapped with thermal wrap all the way front to back. 800x600	My downpipe thermal wrap has torn off b4 this, so replaced with new one. The entire exhaust piping from the header to the rear are thermal wrapped. 800x600