Rb20 Dump Pipe Change

[TimmyC]

has anyone here tried to upgrade the old stock dump/front with a new 3" dump/front combo from BATMBL ??

im having major dramas, everything should be fine but did anyone have any problems bolting it on ??

I cannot seem to get the frigging nuts on, they just wont fit. I dont know how nissan ever got these things on the nuts keep hitting the exhaust housing of the turbo !!

[Craved]

well if they are anything like the rb25 turbo ... there should be 2 studs out of the turbo adn 3 bolts that go into the housing ... there should only be the 2 nuts and they are on the back side of the exhaust dump.

[B-Man]

Yes it's the same as the RB25DET - and it is Damn fiddly. I ended up shearing a bolt off - and one bolt wouldn't go in the whole way - I ended up just leaving it - Seems to work fine with 2 less bolts

[Josh]

And it worked well? I'm seriously thinking about getting one.

[predator]

get under the car to get the 2x nuts off ..

top ones just socket them or use a ring spanner if needed.

I didn't find it too hard, other than 2 snapped bolts, but they were the original bolts and nearly 15 years old.

I didn't really notice too much difference with the dump at all, but there might be a bit more power there. Haven't got it dynoed so don't know.

[Josh]

I'm getting mine dynoed tomorrow so anything I do to the car from now, I will know how effective it was

[TimmyC]

yea getting the old dump off was a bitch, especially the 2 nuts off the bottom. In the end i have the top 2 and middle 2 bolt screwed in real tight with no nuts on them at all and just the bottom two bolts with nuts on them. I don't even understand how nuts would ever fit on those other 4 bolts, unless they faced the other way which they wont do. Currently the bottom 2 have the head of the bolt (if there was a head) facing the exhaust housing whereas the other 4 have the head facing the dump pipe end. Does this sound right to you guys ?