dabbdc Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 My mechanic and I spent most of the day trying to communicate with Invidia about a DP installation. The person we spoke to at Invidia barely spoke Englsih. We could not convince him that we had an automatic. We bought a catted DP for an auto, he insisted without comprehending, that we were using an auto DP for a manual. He said there were no specs available for the install, then rattled on about various gaskets. Are there specs inwriting? Is there a real person at Invidia that can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Specs? Downpipes don't come with instructions in general. 5 bolts at the turbo, 1 bolt at the tranny mount (hook), 2 bolts at the CBE flange. Invidia divorced usually need some grinding to not hit the turbo flapper. Do you have pix? I have both 5EAT and 6MT. I also have both OEM and aftermarket pipes. I could tell from a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 What was the issue? Can you describe it here? Instructions probably won't help very much if you are having fitment problems, since they'll read almost exactly like what M posted in #2. It isn't like you have options, either it fits, or it doesn't. If it doesn't fit, chances are you might have the wrong part or there might be fit issues with your model year (don't think that is the case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Seeing that you drive an 09 I would def check the WG flapper valve for clearance in the bell mouth before you bolt it up. Most everyone that has fitment problems with the divorced bell mouth were 07 and up, VF46 or VF52 equipped cars. What are you having trouble with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korpsepatrol Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Seeing that you drive an 09 I would def check the WG flapper valve for clearance in the bell mouth before you bolt it up. Most everyone that has fitment problems with the divorced bell mouth were 07 and up, VF46 or VF52 equipped cars. What are you having trouble with? http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1833445&postcount=18 That was my fix for it. I had it with a vf 40. Its pretty much any vf series turbo. However it seems to be mostly an issue with automatic downpipes. Manual downpipes to my knowledge have not had this issue. 2008 6mt Legacy Gt Spec B DGM - Not so Stock/Work in progress 2006 5mt Legacy Gt OBP - Sold 2005 5eat Legacy Gt OBP - RIP R.I.P Coxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 ^^^^ I've done auto and manual 's on VF40 cars and all fit perfect. Good to know though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hard to help without some pix or an explanation of the fitment issue. Customer support from Invidia is known to be so, so. There are no written specs or install instructions for that pipe that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Seems most likely issue is the OP did not grind down the divorcing plate on the DP. Divorcing plate is hitting the flapper, causing a bad connection at the turbo. This in turn is also causing the DO ti hit the tranny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GULLABLE0NE Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 i have an invidia catted DP (i believe i was told it was a version 2) and it was installed without issue. my heatshield did not fit back on but thats not the type of issue you are having i'm assuming... why did my dp not need grinding? maybe im just lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verwilderd Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 ^^ I think Invidia did fix that issue with their ver2 dp's. I have one and didn't have an issue as well and from what I read they made the divorced part smaller on the ver 2 dp's and anyone buying new pipes probably are getting those. ver1's had the issues with the flapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonLGT Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Ive got the Invidia on my car and it is the best fitting DP I have used on my Legacy and WRX. You probably have the wrong part or need to do some grinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m sprank Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 A pic was posted. Not a great shot, but it appears to be a MT downpipe. OP has a 5EAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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