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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:35 pm

Im told i have a 2 peice exhaust on my car,

The centre section has more holes than a sive..... and i was going to get power flow to make a new section with no middle box :S they quoted me Ԛ£70 and then getting a scorpion rear box?

Or should i change the whole system to a 3 peice?

What would you guys do? there seams to be a lot mor 3 peice stuff about? or am i wrong? whats better?
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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:47 pm

personal preference fella, and price aswell ;)

if your thinking about a new system them ask a poll, and get a price 8)

a one peice straight through 80mm twin pipe in stainless steel would be nice though winkeye
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:14 am

ok cool, whats involved in changing over to a 3 peice?
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:50 am

different downpipe and thats about it, BUT, you cant mix'n'match 2 and 3 piece systems - a 2 piece system is as follows.....
Piece 1 - downpipe,centre section and about 6" of pipe after the centre section.
Piece 2 - Everything from the centre section all the way back to the tail pipes.

a 3 piece system is as follows....
Piece 1 - Downpipes that terminate just behind the gearbox.
Piece 2 - Centre section down as far as the petrol tank
Piece 3 - From tail pipes to the petrol tank.

I can take a pic of a 3 piece system for you so you know how it splits up if you want. Hang on, i may have pictures of my Larini on the net somewhere,.... gimme a minute....
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:52 am

nope, no hosted pics sorry.
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:00 am

3 piece systems are cheaper to replace, the reason behind the different types is because they introduced the catso redesigned the system, this is when the 2 piece system was used.
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:01 am

ah excellent, because i wanted a middle section for my 2 peice and it appreas to be the most expensive,

So i take it the 3 peice uses the same mounts?? and same manifold?

Anyone got one for sale?
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Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:02 am

Genuine BMW one in excellent condition. PM me for details.