[s-cars] Europrice - RS2 Exhaust Manifold Group Purchase, Phase 3

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Doug,
That's called smoothness.  The runners on the rs2
header are a little smoother, so the exhaust gases
flow better and I think that's what you're getting.

Don't be alarmed, all you need is an RS2 turbo and
you'll get that oomph right back.

Pizzo

--- "Fifield, Douglas" <Douglas.Fifield at TENNANTCO.com>
wrote:
> 
> OK, it's in.  Took me about eight to ten hours
> including the hour and a half
> trip to the stealer to pick up the only solenoid
> valve in town (the plastic
> T fitting on the bottom snapped off during
> disassembly).  Other than that,
> it was pretty straight forward.
> 
> I made the tooling modifications mentioned in the
> write-ups - two 12 mm
> combination wrenches and one 15 mm combination -
> bent and ground as noted.
> I had to cut the box end off one of the 12 mm
> wrenches about 1 inch up the
> shank from the box to clear hard coolant lines while
> tightening the number 4
> and 5 nuts on the shortened bottom studs.
> 
> I also had to cut all six bolts holding the down
> pipe to the exhaust pipes.
> I replaced with metric stainless and nyloc nuts. 
> Not sure the nyloc will
> tolerate the heat.  Any thoughts?  This was
> yesterday (Sunday) when all the
> dealers were closed.
> 
> Now, the funny thing.  The butt dyno says I have
> lost some oomph.  I am
> running an MTM Stage 1 chip and before the swap,
> when I put my foot to the
> floor, I could hear the turbo spool and got that
> "push in the back" feeling
> as the boost came on.  Now, when I put it down, I
> don't hear the spool and I
> don't get the kick.  It pulls smooth - without
> stumble or hesitation, but it
> doesn't feel the same.  I just have stock gauges so
> I don't know boost
> figures.  I have not changed the chip set to reflect
> the change in
> manifolds.  Would that account for it?
> 
> All thoughts and feedback welcome.  Scheduled for
> some track time in two
> weeks and would like to sort things out before then.
> 
> Douglas (RS2'd EM) in MN 
> 95.5 //S6Avant - mine
> 98 Mercury Mountaineer - her work sled
> 98 Toyota RAV4 - for sale
> 73 BMW R60/5 - lonely in the garage
> 
> 
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