Up Pipe Cant Get Out Help...urgent

Blaiser · 07-27-2006, 03:10 PM

i cant get the stock up pipe out, and i am in the middle of installing my aps headers, anyyyyone help me? how do i get the stock up pipe out?!?!?!

ilami01 · 07-27-2006, 04:59 PM

dont be scared! its easy once you get started, let the car cool down!, you have alot of heat shields to take off and i think 1 o2 senser, might be two.

ilami01 · 07-27-2006, 05:13 PM

lttle tip, the boltz on the headers connecting the actual headers together from one side to the other (not to the blobk) are steel and tend to be a pain....to get off so some rust off really helpz!

kts262 · 07-27-2006, 05:24 PM

1. buy PB Blaster.
2. get car in the air and ready to install the night before.
3. drown the bolts in PB Blaster. use the entire can.
4. install headers
5. profit!

i don't know a lot about the install yet since i still have to install my headers (MadDad headers + uppipe) but i did help out on an uppipe install on a WRX and it should be similiar. fortunately since we don't have an EGT probe in the uppipe it's a lot easier to remove. most people have told me that once you unbolt it from the turbo is pretty much falls out.

basic steps:

1. remove downpipe
2. remove heatshields around stock exhaust manifold
3. remove bolts connecting uppipe to the exhaust manifold and the O2 bung
4. remove bolts holding exhaust manifold
5. remove uppipe
6. reverse to reinstall the new APS header.

or um check the APS website next time for install instructions... :P

http://www.airpowersystems.com.au/us...rs/install.htm

i shoulda looked before i wrote up all the stuff above.

pt518sti · 07-27-2006, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kts262

1. buy PB Blaster.
2. get car in the air and ready to install the night before.
3. drown the bolts in PB Blaster. use the entire can.
4. install headers
5. profit!

i don't know a lot about the install yet since i still have to install my headers (MadDad headers + uppipe) but i did help out on an uppipe install on a WRX and it should be similiar. fortunately since we don't have an EGT probe in the uppipe it's a lot easier to remove. most people have told me that once you unbolt it from the turbo is pretty much falls out.

basic steps:

1. remove downpipe
2. remove heatshields around stock exhaust manifold
3. remove bolts connecting uppipe to the exhaust manifold and the O2 bung
4. remove bolts holding exhaust manifold
5. remove uppipe
6. reverse to reinstall the new APS header.

or um check the APS website next time for install instructions... :P

http://www.airpowersystems.com.au/us...rs/install.htm

i shoulda looked before i wrote up all the stuff above.

You forgot 1 step..

7. Make sound clip

Blaiser · 07-27-2006, 06:00 PM

I CANT GET THE HEAT SHIELD AROUND THE 02 SENSOR OFFFF! ogwjehoigrhj.

anyone know how i can do this? its making me mad.

LRM1981 · 07-27-2006, 06:22 PM

cut it off with a dremel if it comes to that.

kts262 · 07-27-2006, 06:22 PM

1. Remove the O2 sensor?
2. ????
3. Profit?

Blaiser · 07-27-2006, 07:14 PM

ok. heat sheild is off (i love my dremel) but now i need to remove the bolt by the 02 sensor but the sensor is blocking it kinda, should i cant get to the o2 sensor while the manifold is on, how do i surpass this obstacle.

xtremeyolks · 07-27-2006, 10:34 PM

Well I got my up pipe to header bolts off with just 2 14mm wrenches and a lot of pb blaster. My gruppe-s header didn't want to fit while my subframe was in place, so I took my subframe off(easy to do, just a few 17mm bolts and a few 14mm bolts) and that makes it a lot easier. With the subframe off you can take off the o2 sensor(I used a 22mm wrench) then take off the 14mm bolts or vice versa.

**jsh139** · 07-28-2006, 07:10 AM

Scoobymods has a good write-up on it.

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sho...ghlight=uppipe

07-27-2006, 03:10 PM	#1
Blaiser Spec C Club Car: 06 white w/gold STi Fav Mod: gt40r Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,223 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (6)	Up Pipe Cant Get Out Help...urgent i cant get the stock up pipe out, and i am in the middle of installing my aps headers, anyyyyone help me? how do i get the stock up pipe out?!?!?! This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad. Last edited by Blaiser : 07-27-2006 at 10:05 PM.

07-28-2006, 07:10 AM	#11
jsh139 How YOU Doin? Car: 2006 Audi S4 Fav Mod: OMGHI2U! Location: Philly 'burbs Posts: 7,719 Join Date: Apr 2004 Trader Rating: (8)	Scoobymods has a good write-up on it. http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sho...ghlight=uppipe This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

07-27-2006, 04:59 PM	#2
ilami01 Senior STI Driver Car: White 06 STi Fav Mod: Forged Bypass Location: Dallas Posts: 390 Join Date: Feb 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	dont be scared! its easy once you get started, let the car cool down!, you have alot of heat shields to take off and i think 1 o2 senser, might be two.

07-27-2006, 05:13 PM	#3
ilami01 Senior STI Driver Car: White 06 STi Fav Mod: Forged Bypass Location: Dallas Posts: 390 Join Date: Feb 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	lttle tip, the boltz on the headers connecting the actual headers together from one side to the other (not to the blobk) are steel and tend to be a pain....to get off so some rust off really helpz!

07-27-2006, 05:24 PM	#4
kts262 HowTo Contributor Car: 2008 DGM (BBS+Navi) Fav Mod: stock FTL? Location: College Park, MD Posts: 2,104 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (7)	1. buy PB Blaster. 2. get car in the air and ready to install the night before. 3. drown the bolts in PB Blaster. use the entire can. 4. install headers 5. profit! i don't know a lot about the install yet since i still have to install my headers (MadDad headers + uppipe) but i did help out on an uppipe install on a WRX and it should be similiar. fortunately since we don't have an EGT probe in the uppipe it's a lot easier to remove. most people have told me that once you unbolt it from the turbo is pretty much falls out. basic steps: 1. remove downpipe 2. remove heatshields around stock exhaust manifold 3. remove bolts connecting uppipe to the exhaust manifold and the O2 bung 4. remove bolts holding exhaust manifold 5. remove uppipe 6. reverse to reinstall the new APS header. or um check the APS website next time for install instructions... :P http://www.airpowersystems.com.au/us...rs/install.htm i shoulda looked before i wrote up all the stuff above.

07-27-2006, 06:00 PM	#6
Blaiser Spec C Club Car: 06 white w/gold STi Fav Mod: gt40r Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,223 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (6)	I CANT GET THE HEAT SHIELD AROUND THE 02 SENSOR OFFFF! ogwjehoigrhj. anyone know how i can do this? its making me mad.

07-27-2006, 06:22 PM	#7
LRM1981 Senior STI Driver Car: 05 LGT w/ AVO420 Fav Mod: AVO420 Turbo Location: VT Posts: 361 Join Date: Nov 2005 Trader Rating: (4)	cut it off with a dremel if it comes to that.

07-27-2006, 07:14 PM	#9
Blaiser Spec C Club Car: 06 white w/gold STi Fav Mod: gt40r Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,223 Join Date: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (6)	ok. heat sheild is off (i love my dremel) but now i need to remove the bolt by the 02 sensor but the sensor is blocking it kinda, should i cant get to the o2 sensor while the manifold is on, how do i surpass this obstacle.

07-27-2006, 10:34 PM	#10
xtremeyolks Junior STI Driver Car: 06 STi Fav Mod: GST Tune Location: Fremont/Davis CA Posts: 102 Join Date: Nov 2005 Trader Rating: (1)	Well I got my up pipe to header bolts off with just 2 14mm wrenches and a lot of pb blaster. My gruppe-s header didn't want to fit while my subframe was in place, so I took my subframe off(easy to do, just a few 17mm bolts and a few 14mm bolts) and that makes it a lot easier. With the subframe off you can take off the o2 sensor(I used a 22mm wrench) then take off the 14mm bolts or vice versa.