1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby rip » Fri 14.05.2010, 13:59

Axel-F wrote:
steve matthews wrote:Piper pre-cat.

Thanks!! Find it !
Do you think the 2,25" PCE will fit the 2" standard exhaust ? (no 2" pce...)


I'm fairly sure it will. A Piper 2½" exhaust fit my standard (empty) pre-cat so the mount should be the same.
Why no call the guys at Piper to ask them? They were really helpful when I ordered my exhaust.
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby Axel-F » Fri 14.05.2010, 14:38

rip wrote:I'm fairly sure it will. A Piper 2½" exhaust fit my standard (empty) pre-cat so the mount should be the same.
Why no call the guys at Piper to ask them? They were really helpful when I ordered my exhaust.

Yep, thanks I will give them a call,
but your feed back, as a user, is interesting !

Any idea on the torque improvement ?
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby steve matthews » Sat 15.05.2010, 00:28

Axel, how old are you?
You may not be able to handle the additional :lol:
Steve =w= new lady and additional torque
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby Axel-F » Sat 15.05.2010, 09:51

steve matthews wrote:Axel, how old are you?
You may not be able to handle the additional :lol:
Steve =w= new lady and additional torque

Mmmm... not so old...
I think it is more a matter of weight, 100 kg is 10% of the car weight, put 2 people of that weight and the car is stuck!!! Lacking torque...
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby steve matthews » Sat 15.05.2010, 21:34

Axel, you are lucky. My wife refuses to ride in the New Lady. :?:
She is terrified of her because their is nothing to hold on too. :mrgreen:
So take it from the above for the modifications I listed.
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby Axel-F » Sun 16.05.2010, 09:26

steve matthews wrote:Axel, you are lucky. My wife refuses to ride in the New Lady. :?:
She is terrified of her because their is nothing to hold on too. :mrgreen:
So take it from the above for the modifications I listed.
Steve

Thanks Steve, my wife is terrified too !!! Impossible to take her for a ride!!! But I like to go with a friend from time to time. (more often with children, but as they are very young, no weight issue!)

I will go for the PCE with next servicing, may by a complete line after ...
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby rip » Mon 17.05.2010, 08:03

Axel-F wrote:
rip wrote:I'm fairly sure it will. A Piper 2½" exhaust fit my standard (empty) pre-cat so the mount should be the same.
Why no call the guys at Piper to ask them? They were really helpful when I ordered my exhaust.

Yep, thanks I will give them a call,
but your feed back, as a user, is interesting !

Any idea on the torque improvement ?


There is a detailed report from Chris.t in the Piper group buy thread (He has a 2¼" with 1 silencer), but the thread itself is a bit long, so I can forgive you for not trawling thought it :-D . His report echos my experience with the system.

Off-boost performance is increased, which neither of us expected.
Once on-boost, the turbo is pushing charge into the engine so with less exhaust restriction, we expected more torque.....we were (are) not disappointed.
The sounds is great too. Unlike the Peco, the Piper is quiet when cruising. Open it up in a tunnel & it makes a great noise.
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Tue 18.05.2010, 00:51

This thread has done my head in :bonk: :wtf:
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby Axel-F » Tue 18.05.2010, 10:01

The guys from Piper gave me confirmation that it is possible to fit just the PCE on a OEM exhaust line, and that should give a 4 to 8 bhp power increase :D , I will go for that and will provide feedback once done.
(of course it will still be possible to fit a full Piper line after...)

rip wrote:There is a detailed report from Chris.t in the Piper group buy thread ...

Thanks rip, I just wen't through this intersting (and long !) thread, it was more about the complete line replacement than just PCE, but interesting anyway ... :wink:

Blue_Bullet wrote:This thread has done my head in :bonk: :wtf:

Sorry for that Blue_Bullet ... :roll:
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Re: 1991 SE turbo, thinking about removing the cat ?

Postby rip » Tue 18.05.2010, 11:18

Axel-F wrote:
rip wrote:There is a detailed report from Chris.t in the Piper group buy thread ...

Thanks rip, I just wen't through this intersting (and long !) thread, it was more about the complete line replacement than just PCE, but interesting anyway ... :wink:


Er, yeah sorry I think it was me who got confused there. :oops:

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Blue_Bullet wrote:This thread has done my head in :bonk: :wtf:

Sorry for that Blue_Bullet ... :roll:


I don't know where BB's comment came from. I think he must have been drunk when he posted that. :-D :drunk:
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