JDM and UK exhausts, different shapes?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:50 pm

yeah thats what makes me think that your exhaust hangers are in need of some loving

id be very surprised if yours isnt a stainless system from lookin at that pic

get under it and see whats going on theres -

3 on the back box
2 on the mid section (but i doubt its on of these)

Post by **Donald** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:58 pm

Can somebody that knows for sure make something to do with this for the wiki? Cos I get might confused and aren't the Type S and H22A8 exhausts different as well?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:00 pm

the type s downpipe is longer to reach under the atts shiz (longer in length wise, not vertically)

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:07 pm

The jap and UK have a very slightly different bolt pattern where the downpipe meets the cat, if someone has swapped the cat (or decat?) & exhaust for a UK version then the exhaust will kick out slightly and the exhaust will twist from the car, in the same direction that your back box looks skewed.

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:13 pm

Vtecmec wrote:The jap and UK have a very slightly different bolt pattern where the downpipe meets the cat, if someone has swapped the cat (or decat?) & exhaust for a UK version then the exhaust will kick out slightly and the exhaust will twist from the car, in the same direction that your back box looks skewed.

Exactly what I thought, cheers mate

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:18 pm

i dont think the stud patern mismatch is enough to put the angle of the system off, i had this problem when fitting a uk downpipe to my jdm cat and had to use longer,thinner bolts to get them to match up but the rest of the exhaust hung as it should

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:06 am

Gorgon wrote:Can somebody that knows for sure make something to do with this for the wiki? Cos I get might confused and aren't the Type S and H22A8 exhausts different as well?

Yes they are.

Post by **Donald** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:57 am

How are they different Merlin? From what I've gathered the A8 cat is longer than the A5? I don't know about the rest.

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:18 am

The a8 has a longer downpipe and CAT compared to the a5, and a much shorter midsection to compensate. If your going aftermarket manifold and exhaust for an a8 you need to buy a whole exhaust from the engine back made for the a5. You cant mix and match a5 & a8 exhaust parts without major modification.