Gtr Front Pipe Removal

[sinistaGTR]

Im wondering whats the process involved to change the front pipe on a 34 GTR, can it all be done from underneath the car or do you have to go in from the top aswell. Are there any tools that are a must have when doing this job and anything else to look out for.

Also looking at doing a fuel pump upgrade sometime in the future, are anyone running walbro's or bosch 040 in the 34gtr???? whats the general concensus with fuel pump upgrades for the 34 GTR.

[SiR_RB]

i did my front pipe here at home on the drive way. i jacked the side of the car up, slipped some car stands under for good measure

just undo the bolts holding ur cat to front pipe, then with a long extension socket undo the 2 bolts per turbo holding the front pipe to the dump pipes, very easy to do.

as for fuel pump, i was gonna run a bosch, but for the stuffing around required to make them fit i bought a Sard 280lp/h drop in pump. that was my first time doing a fuel pump and it took me a max of 1.5hours.

[Kaido_RR]

Front pipe is an easy job.

6 bolts in total. 4 of the dump pipe (2 each) and 2 connecting to the cat.

dump pipe bolts are 14mm or 12mm if i remember right and i think the bolts on the cat are bigger 17mm

Edited March 14, 2011 by Kaido_RR

[ACTIVE-LSD]

work under the car. you need a long bar socket expension for the ratchet to get to one of the inner pipe nut. if the pipe but is rusty. use some wd40.

[Moodles2]

If you do the frontpipe take your time, make sure to do it right with decent tools because if you round off those rusty nuts your in alittle trouble

[sinistaGTR]

cheers for the responses guys, have done plenty of work on gtst's and evos but never anything on a gtr. Will be taking my time, good to know I can just get it underneath with an extension bar (and some wd40 etc) its what I was hoping for.

[Beer Baron]

for the fuel pump forget the walbro or 044. buy a nismo/sard/tomei drop in 276L/ph pump. they support 700cc injectors and bolt in with no hassles. worth every penny.

[dorifticon]

for the fuel pump forget the walbro or 044. buy a nismo/sard/tomei drop in 276L/ph pump. they support 700cc injectors and bolt in with no hassles. worth every penny.

As above - I did mine in 40 mins, then sat around wondering if I'd done it wrong cos it was too easy. You also get the rubber tank seal included in the kit and no wiring to do.

[J_R32]

is gasket sealant required when fitting a brand new front pipe with brand new gaskets?

also i noticed tomei also offers a wiring harness to bypass the fuel pump voltage control module. is this a worthwhile mod together with installing say a tomei drop in fuel pump? or is there a easy DIY way to bypass that fuel pump voltage control module?

[ohno1]

i just used a dot of gasket/sealant crap to hold the gaskets in place as i was fitting the front pipe..

funnily enough my 20yr old rusted bolts were easy to undo.. the bolts holding the "cat" in which were 2 weeks old were way harder to undo haha