Having a bit of free time in our hands, we built a adapter for the new turbo exhaust so it could be fitted to the stock 4AGZE downpipe. I was mostly in the way while Mr. Reynolds welded and cut pieces of pipe. Also, I pointed some things that shouldnt be welded.
We removed the old exhaust from the car. It was very heavy, felt like it was made from cast black iron.
Old one on the left, new one with a small downpipe adapter. Please notice the white protective wrapping around the silencer. We forgot it and it burned.
Mr. Reynolds had to take a break and while he was away, I prepared the old downpipe for cutting and welding.
While removing the downpipe heat shield, I found some white insulation mat between the halves.
Went and grabbed some breathing protection for separating the halves and cleaning. At the end, no idea what this was, but I had to treat it as asbestos and be extremely cautious.
Mr. Reynolds separating small bright flying dots from the adapter
Welding
Welding
and welding
Finally:
Well done!
Couple of days later I took the whole exhaust down again to get rid of that burnt protective plastic.
And this is how it looks. Very shiny. Also, this picture already show the brand new Matrix Garage rear tie rods installed:
The noise is… well… not biblical. No horns of jericho this time, more like a single trumpete(e)r in the night with big lungs and lots of passion. 😀
Video comes soon.
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