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Dutch924-racer
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 1076 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:39 am Post subject: modify 931 exhaust |
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My front section of the exhaust is scratch and dented because of al the speed bumps here in Holland
With my rebuild engine I have a new exhaust manifold and turbo hotside, which I don't want to damage.
Can I put a flexible piece in the front section, or are temperatures there to high ?
With the flexible piece, I hope If the exhaust hits a bump my turbo/ exhaust manifold won't be damaged.
_________________ 937 trackday car
Series 2 engine
951S turbo and intercooler
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Stainless exhaust expansion joints
Put one in the j-pipe, and put one in the main down pipe. (Different diameters, of course).
Here's how I did my j-pipes:
_________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Dutch924-racer
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 1076 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:20 am Post subject: |
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ok thanks, but why one in the wastegate pipe, what is the benefit ? _________________ 937 trackday car
Series 2 engine
951S turbo and intercooler
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Cedric
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2600 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:53 am Post subject: |
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I did exactly like your image, but maybe a bit further down, works great and makes fitment of the exhaust system so much easier. Probably puts a lot less stress into the hardware as it havr some flex when things heat up. Can get some pics if you wish! _________________ 1980 924 Turbo
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Dutch924-racer wrote: | why one in the wastegate pipe, what is the benefit |
Because:
Cédric wrote: | makes fitment of the exhaust system so much easier |
And because many of the J-pipes I've removed have broken where they connect to the exhaust manifold. The flex coupler serves as an expansion joint that allows the metal to expand and contract, minimizing stress on both of the attachment points. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Fasteddie313
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Their is a whole lot to go wrong with the 931 exhaust due to their being so many hard mount points, and everything being hard mount..
First you have the header-turbine housing-bearing housing-blockmount-block..
For that I like to install all of the components loose except for the header to head, hot housing just snug enough to be able to turn it a bit.. Then get it all in there and start finger tightening everything so all of the components are sitting flat on their mounts, tighten up the hot housing a bit so it stays and then pull it back out to finish tightening the hot housing to where it liked to be, then you can put the turbo back in and cross tighten the whole thing in position between the block bearing housing mount and turbine housing..
And then you have the downpipe-WG-Jpipe-header.. All with no room for error..
I like the idea of those flex couplers in the J-pipe, WG dump pipe, and downpipe..
That would definitely reduce stress to the turbo and exhaust manifold, but would only doing 1 possibly increase the stress load of the other 2?
If you do it just to the downpipe then the WG circuit will bear it all on it's own, mix and match vise versa any way and you'd be putting all of the stress on the remaining component(s) instead of sharing it evenly..
Maybe just one after the cat, or after the WG dump meets the downpipe, to isolate everything that is bolted to the engine from the rest of the exhaust, or all 3 before that point.. _________________ 80 Turbo - Slightly Modified |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Fasteddie313 wrote: | WG dump pipe |
His car is Euro, so he doesn't have the w/g dump pipe...
I'm not even sure it's necessary if you do the j-pipe AND the main down pipe. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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gegge
Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 1124 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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I have a flexible coupler like the rest of you, but after the ROW Y-joint from the WG. Reason was fitment issues alone with that long muffler.
Like the J-pipe solutionon a ROW better than putting a flexible coupler earlier in terms of reducing tension from heat. Some flexibilty sounds like a good thing. The flexible coupler should be a straight as possible with a straight flow.
Speed-bump related dents should be adressed in another way I belive. A low hanging exhaust will still hit the tarmac/concrete with or without a flexible coupler. If you are trying to raise the downpipe with a flexible coupler instead of just cut´n´weld - it sounds right.
Next set-up is based on the US WG screamer since I belive the dual exhaust have larger capacity an less backpressure. _________________ Carl Fredrik Torkildsen
924 turbo -81 Carrera GT RESTOMOD
924 turbo -80 Dolomite De Luxe
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Cedric
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2600 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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If you do it on the J-pipe you still have a hard mounted WG (bolted to the torque tube) and turbine housing, but of course it makes things a bit more flexible since you can adjust the WG position a bit (the holes are oval if I remember correctly). The whole point of it for me was do decouple the turbine outlet and WG outlet geometry wise, otherwise its a tolerance nightmare Small change of the two flanges to line up perfectly.
I had to wrap a steel sheet around my flexi hose though since it has some damage from speed bumps etc.. _________________ 1980 924 Turbo
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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My WG is not bolted to anything else but the pipe holding it.
It has been like this since 2007. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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morghen wrote: | My WG is not bolted to anything else but the pipe holding it.
It has been like this since 2007. |
Recipe for a broken J-pipe. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:08 am Post subject: |
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True(or worse, manifold crack or head bolt strip), but hasn't happened yet(i think), and I'm on 270lb springs and 225/45/17 tires.
I'm also planning for some flexible insert just after the turbo. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:16 am Post subject: |
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It would be interesting to see if there's a way to put vibration dampers somewhere on the wastegate-to-torque tube bracket. I think that bracket is important, but the OEM solid mounting probably doesn't do the j-pipe welds any favors either. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Carrera RSR
Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 3:25 am Post subject: |
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ideola wrote: | morghen wrote: | My WG is not bolted to anything else but the pipe holding it.
It has been like this since 2007. |
Recipe for a broken J-pipe. |
Not for me in the last 3 years. Broken j pipes are probably results of age, corrosion or impacts. Keep on top of maintenance and all is good. _________________ 1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 3:34 am Post subject: |
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Carrera RSR wrote: | Broken j pipes are probably results of age, corrosion or impacts. | The ones I've seen break (and there have been a lot...maybe a dozen or more) typically fail at the weld joint where the pipe is welded to the two bolt flange that attaches to the exhaust manifold. Less often, but still occasionally, I have seen similar weld failures at the four bolt flange where the j-pipe attaches to the wastegate.
The j-pipes are stainless, like the rest of the exhaust aft of the manifold and turbine, so corrosion is unlikely the cause of failure.
Carrera RSR wrote: | Keep on top of maintenance and all is good. | As a general rule, older cars on your side of the pond seem to be better maintained than over here. I can't quite account for why our US examples are so maligned and neglected.
Carrera RSR wrote: | Not for me in the last 3 years. | It just seems to me that the wastegate is really heavy, and to be cantilevered out there all on its own, and only supported by the two studs/nuts at the exhaust manifold port seems imprudent to me. I've not had any issues with any of the ones that I've put back together using the factory mount points at the torque tube, one of those builds is going on 10 years, and the other 6.
I suppose this is a classic case of YMMV. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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