turbo elbow

[boombastik]

I fitted my HKS tubular manifold yesterday and HKS divorced elbow these came off my last s14

when i fitted the down pipe its hard against the floor

should the 180 turbo elbow be different from the s14 one ?

[Dunkz]

What downpipe did you have on the s14 compared to your 180? I did cam's elbow last weekend and we didn't have any clearance issues.

[Carta]

If I remember correctly its s14 elbow and downpipe, with S13 catback!

[boombastik]

i bought a new ebay special down pipe form uk-performance-tuning

[redsx94!]

Yip that's correct s14 downpipe and elbow

[boombastik]

If I remember correctly its s14 elbow and downpipe, with S13 catback!

should i have bought a s14 pipe instead of a 180?

[redsx94!]

Probably lol. But u would think it was the same

[boombastik]

you would think

[redsx94!]

So is it close or hard hard against it

[boombastik]

hard against it so i stcuk a big bar in and tried levering it awa

and the block water line banjo is leaking

and after levering the pipe am sure i can hear a leak from the manifold some where :(

[redsx94!]

Ouch

[Cambo]

It was an S14 one I put on mine.

[redsx94!]

The banjo washers leaking or the screw fittment

[boombastik]

not to sure looked like a washer was goin to go pull it apart after the GP

[boombastik]

but on a good thing i got the hicas eliminator fitted yesterday with out any problems lol

[marteh]

hopefully its just because its an Ebay cheapy because i still have an S14 Trust elbow and downpipe to fit to mine

[Daniel H]

Marteh, where did you get the trust elbow from?
I want one for my S15, which is also the same as S14.

Also, when I had my 180, I used a S14 elbow and downpipe :)

[MapBoy]

hopefully its just because its an Ebay cheapy because i still have an S14 Trust elbow and downpipe to fit to mine

Gimme a shout if you wanna use my work warehouse mate.

[marteh]

Daniel i bought it from someone on here who was breaking thier S14a cant remember his name though

jamie cheers for the offer, ill let you know, still need a decat!

[boombastik]

right update

i just removed the down pipe and fitted my old apexi flexi down pipe but it has a stretched flexi part now it clears the floor by a few mm problem now is as the flexi bit of the pipe is stretched its put all the exhaust mounts out by about an inch

so went at it with the hammer and got them lined up as best i could.

also fitted the water leak at the banjo

also noticed where i hear the leak from my HKS mani has a crack in it and thats after it went to get welded i guess the guy missed that bit :(

i'll leave it be just now until i can get a new mani

[Dunkz]

So was the issue that your ebay downpipe was wrong or is the apexi sitting the same sort of way?

[boombastik]

The apexi one is sitting fine

[JJ]

Thats why we all should stay away from ebay junk....they are designed to fit properly with a complete setup from their manufacturing.

You can match up any decent brand with any other decent brand....but do not start on building an exhaust system with one cheap part in it ;)

On my old s13, i had a Tomei mani, Tomei elbow, HKS downpipe and a catback....Apex/Blitz/home made ones...
You`ll be ****ed with cheap ass mani`s, elbows and downpipes imo :nod: