Beluga Catback exhaust & Y pipe install

Coon-azz · 07-23-2013, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Shadezz

Great!!! Post a pic of the washers that you used so others canbe sure when they order. Glad you are happy with the setup and give another week for the ecu and she'll be good to go.

Absolutely...I also am making notes on the pictures from the DIY we took. There are a few key things to know about how the set up gets installed that we learned from trial and error. For example, the rear rubber hangers have to get flipped from the stock position to get the exhaust not to hit the rear bumper and stuff like that. On my car, the rear rubber hangers were "rubber down" (picture to follow). When we install them the same way on this system, the rear tips hit the rear bumper. When we flipped the rubber hangers, "rubber up" the exhaust lined up perfectly for me.

There were other areas of feedback too. Like the bolts that came with the Y pipe: were way too short to go threw both the stock cats and the new Y pipe flange; and the holes were off alignment by 1/8 of an inch. We chalked this up to the fact that Beluga has no idea what you are going to connect it to. I made the holes in the Y pipes just a little larger and it went on fine. The rest of the install was mostly plug and play. But again, they don't know what you plan to connect it to. I just used the bolts from the stock cat's and it worked great. The hardware they did send along was really nice though, so I'm sure it will get used on another project down the road. For the $, I can't complain at all. ...and maybe that kind of metal work is expected? This is the first time I've done a catback install, so maybe I should have expected it? As feedback, I don't think a set of basic instructions would be too hard to develop. It would have been a little helpful, but then again, they did recommend "professional installation" for a reason. I just wanted to learn how to do it. It was great.
Just wish I could get a Beluga Racing decal;

that would be cool.

Coon-azz · 07-23-2013, 11:46 AM

Ok, so for example, in this picture, notice that the rubber hanger has the stock exhaust hole (long rusty piece) on the bottom...
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on the rear rubber hangers that hold up the very back of the stock exhaust we had to flip the position of the rubber piece so that the hole that the new exhaust hanger goes threw was on top. Once we did that, it angled the new exhaust pefectly. I will get that actual picture posted as soon as I can. This is for reference purposes only.

Shadezz · 07-23-2013, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Coon-azz

Absolutely...I also am making notes on the pictures from the DIY we took. There are a few key things to know about how the set up gets installed that we learned from trial and error. For example, the rear rubber hangers have to get flipped from the stock position to get the exhaust not to hit the rear bumper and stuff like that. On my car, the rear rubber hangers were "rubber down" (picture to follow). When we install them the same way on this system, the rear tips hit the rear bumper. When we flipped the rubber hangers, "rubber up" the exhaust lined up perfectly for me.

There were other areas of feedback too. Like the bolts that came with the Y pipe: were way too short to go threw both the stock cats and the new Y pipe flange; and the holes were off alignment by 1/8 of an inch. We chalked this up to the fact that Beluga has no idea what you are going to connect it to. I made the holes in the Y pipes just a little larger and it went on fine. The rest of the install was mostly plug and play. But again, they don't know what you plan to connect it to. I just used the bolts from the stock cat's and it worked great. The hardware they did send along was really nice though, so I'm sure it will get used on another project down the road. For the $, I can't complain at all. ...and maybe that kind of metal work is expected? This is the first time I've done a catback install, so maybe I should have expected it? As feedback, I don't think a set of basic instructions would be too hard to develop. It would have been a little helpful, but then again, they did recommend "professional installation" for a reason. I just wanted to learn how to do it. It was great.
Just wish I could get a Beluga Racing decal;

that would be cool.

Yeah that's why I just reused the factory cat bolts & Shave a little inside the y-pipe holes...per my DiY

Never heard of flipping the rear hangers...mine were fine. Thanks for posting!!!

Coon-azz · 07-25-2013, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadezz

Yeah that's why I just reused the factory cat bolts & Shave a little inside the y-pipe holes...per my DiY

Never heard of flipping the rear hangers...mine were fine. Thanks for posting!!!

yeah we thought it was weird too, but its the only way we could get the exhaust to line up correctly. I'll try to get pictures in the morning to show you what I mean...

07-23-2013, 11:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Coon-azz Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fredericksburg,VA Posts: 689 Drives: '12 370z Sport DD Rep Power: 16	Rear Rubber hangers Ok, so for example, in this picture, notice that the rubber hanger has the stock exhaust hole (long rusty piece) on the bottom... [IMG][/IMG] on the rear rubber hangers that hold up the very back of the stock exhaust we had to flip the position of the rubber piece so that the hole that the new exhaust hanger goes threw was on top. Once we did that, it angled the new exhaust pefectly. I will get that actual picture posted as soon as I can. This is for reference purposes only. __________________ I don't care how slow you want to drive; I encourage it. JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THE PASSING LANE YOU TUCK FARD!!! Last edited by Coon-azz; 07-23-2013 at 11:50 AM.

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