Well, first of all it was pain in the a$!
It took us like almost 4-5 hours to instal it because of some errors we had.
The hoses on the 02 housing were little small so after trying couple times, we had to make them little bigger for a better fitment.
After that we still had couple problems. Now, there is a little gap between o2 housing and the downpipe 02 head. I tried to harden all the screws but there was still a gap between it. (It is hard to see it, but i will post the pics tomorrow) We thought it might be because of the gasket we used since it wasn't flat. (the stock one)
The third thing was the, heat shield that goes between 02 housing and the radiator. I didn't see the any holes on the new o2 housing to put the heatshield on (old one had 4 holes on it)

Do you think the gap where the exhaust (downpipe) meets with the car will cause problems? i checked the boost gauge and i am running about 1.55 bar of boost at the most...
Samething for the heatshield, how can i fit the stock heatshield on the rnr 02 housing?

Any help will be appreciated...
sorry for the bad grammer and usage of the words..

Memo

 

do you have the o2 elimunator dp, that is the one that I have and yes it was a pain in the *** to put it on. I did not take out the rad, but I sould have it would have made it faster to put in. I don't have any problems with the stock gasket. no leaks at all. Your turbo will spool up faster with this dp. hope you get it fixed.

 

exhaust leak is the main problem, it will suck, hope you can get it fixed, or sell it it...

 

Hey toddevo: were you able to put the heatshield back on the 02 housing?

 

No I did not put the heat shield back on no problems so far.

 

is it because you couldnt find the holes on the new 02 housing?

 

Ya, installing the 02 elim downpipes are little harder to install then the regular donwpipes, but the gain you will see are more than worth it.

We install the downpipes here in about a 2 hours, but we know exactly how to get it on so it goes pretty quick. It is quicker if you don't pull the radiator as it is less work.




I guess a couple of the water cut flanges we had made were very very slightly off. He had to drill a couples holes out. I am very sorry about that. We have already sent the flanges back to get recut.


I am glad you like it and we always reuse the stock gasket without any leaks at all.


There are no benefits to putting the stock heat shield.


Let me know if there are any other questions and I am glad you are happy with it. Let me know the performance difference.


We have been selling a ton of these 02 elim downpipes. Everyone has been upgrading from their regular 3" downpipes and telling us what a difference they see in spool and power.

 

So, i don't need to put the heatshield back on the 02 housing (the one between the radiator and the 02 housing) ?

Since the gasket didn't fit well, i am worried about if there is any leak there? I think either the 02 housing or the gasket is not cut straight so there might be a little gap...??
should I replace it with a new gasket??

I am also reading between 1.5 bar to 1.6.. so it is like 1.55 bar of boost in peak....
that seems right? or maybe a leak from the o2 housing from the gasket?

 

All flanges are water cut 1/2 steel. We sand all flanges completly flat before we ship them so I don't believe that is the problem. The gasket should also be fine since it is so new and we have enver had a problem with them.


You might not have gotten the downpipe on correctly. That is just a thought as I can't see it.



I would worry about replacing the gasket as I don't think that is the problem. If you had a leak there then it would be real loud at idle and wouldn't sound good at all.

If you can't hear it then it is fine.


Anytime you add a 3" TB then the boost will increase. So basically it is pretty normal from all the system we have done. The RnR brand and others that we have seen.

 

I will be posting some pics soon... that might give you an idea...

 

Alright...

We took off my intake and radiator.... and we saw that my radiator is fu3k3d up just driving not more than 50miles with my RNR 02 Housing elim. downpipe!!!!!!.... I am very pissed..
The 02 housing wasn't cut well and it was leaking the whole time... there is a chance that my turbo might be fuc#dup according to my mechanic...



suggestion guys i need ur help.. my car is in the shop waiting for my decision

my brain has just stopped working... can't think anymore i am really pissed especially after all those stuff...

first the holes didn't match so we had to make them larger in the shop and then we made it fit but then had a problem with heat shield... then the gasket didn't fit and i saw all those gappss...

 

A) Exhaust leaks do not negatively affect turbo chargers. Get a new mechanic.

B) Any o2 eliminator down pipe made by anyone will cause you to lose a heat shield on anyting, 1g, 2g, EVO, etc. Thats how life is, if you think its an issue you should wrap the entire down pipe in a heat wrap. I believe RRE sells it at a good price, but I have personally never worried about it.


As for the radiator being ****ed up, what does "****ed up" mean? is it stained black because you drove it around with an exhaust leak? If so, thats not called ****ed up, thats called dirty, and it doesn't matter performance wise. My guess is that you tightened down 1 bolt too much causeing the o2 housing to be pressed into the turbo at an angle and thus you could not get it to seal flatly. Thats a commoon enough problem installing anything. Back out all the bolts holding the o2 sensor housing to the turbine and disconnect the down pipe from the cat.con. Then in a star pattern tighten down the down pipe to turbine while someone else holds it so that its at the proper angle(up and down) afterwards, connect to the cat.con. If you connect to the cat con first, you probably will not be abe to bolt it down flat properly.

 

1) I didn't see the turbo yet and i didn't say my turbo got all messed up.

2) If there is a leak on the 02 housing (which is eventually larger than the stock) there is a huge risk that the extreme heat might hurt ur radiator, bends them over with heat ??? (thats why they put heatshields) correct me if i am wrong

memo

 

Inspect your radiator i bet the mechanics nicked one of the vanes on your radiator while removing it or installing the dp.

 

The heat shield reduces under hood temperatures and may possibly improve radiator performance..... not having it will NOT damage your radiator. Like I said in your other post, you are being scamed by the shop that wants you to buy a new radiator and turbo.

Keith