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hotcornernoprob
12-10-2006, 07:44 PM
will a muffler shop install a downpipe on a 06 MS6? or do i have to go to a speedshop? i'm looking at purchasing the CPE catless DP. thanks for any info.
1QuickMS6
12-10-2006, 07:50 PM
All you have to do is call. The worst they can say is no.
zoom-zoomhatch
12-10-2006, 08:32 PM
Or the install yourself can't be that hard.
freekwonder
12-11-2006, 12:03 AM
depends on the shop. Technically its a Federal Law that you have to have a cat, so it technically would be illegal for them to remove it. But some shops will work around that if you know somebody or some of the friends.
ssinstaller
12-11-2006, 12:52 AM
will a muffler shop install a downpipe on a 06 MS6? or do i have to go to a speedshop? i'm looking at purchasing the CPE catless DP. thanks for any info.

I wouldn't trust an average muffler shop mechanic to install the DP, it is a very involved install. You would be better off haveing a reputable speed shop do the install. If you have the tools and access to a lift you could do it yourself, I installed my CP-E DP by myself in about 5 hours.
Redlinez
12-11-2006, 06:13 PM
Wow, that's more of a job than I thought. Did you ever dyno before or after? I consider myself fairly adept at auto mods, did quite a bit of work on my LS1 Z28's. Did you have a lift and airtools?
ssinstaller
12-12-2006, 11:28 AM
Wow, that's more of a job than I thought. Did you ever dyno before or after? I consider myself fairly adept at auto mods, did quite a bit of work on my LS1 Z28's. Did you have a lift and airtools?

I used a lift, but no air tools, there really isn't room to use air tools. No dyno though, the closest AWD dyno is 5.5 hours away.
Black_Protege_5
12-12-2006, 11:38 AM
Well it's not really an easy job with having the turbo in the back against the firewall. I still don't get why they even do that.
bazooka joe
12-12-2006, 01:37 PM
Well it's not really an easy job with having the turbo in the back against the firewall. I still don't get why they even do that.

isn't that where the mani is?
Black_Protege_5
12-12-2006, 05:47 PM
well the ms6 motor is the opposite of the P5. The intake mani is in the front and the exhaust is in the rear. So it makes it a pain to work on.