Down Pipe Advice

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Originally Posted by Ickdeep

I wouldn't recommend de-catting your oem downpipes. Mainly because if you need to go back to stage 1/no tune, it's hard to get OEM downpipes. Keep them just the way they are.

I currently have Fabworx on my car. I also had AMS Catless downpipes as well. Maybe they'll ship to you?

Just installed fabworx down pipes and have still got the dme stage1 running. It's got a very strong smell of petrol and very rough noisy.. power is beautiful but the sound is off and the smell is no good... did you have this problem? The guy that installed it recommended a stage 2 custom tune .. what do you think?

[Ickdeep]

Originally Posted by mediax

Just installed fabworx down pipes and have still got the dme stage1 running. It's got a very strong smell of petrol and very rough noisy.. power is beautiful but the sound is off and the smell is no good... did you have this problem? The guy that installed it recommended a stage 2 custom tune .. what do you think?

Id definitely recommend getting a stage two tune with Catless downpipes. The smell is noticeable but I did smell a difference after replacing the cabin air filters.

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Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Id definitely recommend getting a stage two tune with Catless downpipes. The smell is noticeable but I did smell a difference after replacing the cabin air filters.

Got a stage 2 custom tune done ... same day I picked it up the engine shit itself ... two injectors faulted and filled up petrol in the engine... looking at some sort of rebuild now ....

[Doctor_X]

^^^^^^fuuuuuuck. Sorry to hear man.

The injectors have an extended warranty to 120k miles Bc they were known to have faults - would be worth a trip to the dealership to see if BMW will cover it since the catastrophic failure may be secondary to injector failure.

Gotta put it back to stock first tho

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Originally Posted by Doctor_X

^^^^^^fuuuuuuck. Sorry to hear man.

The injectors have an extended warranty to 120k miles Bc they were known to have faults - would be worth a trip to the dealership to see if BMW will cover it since the catastrophic failure may be secondary to injector failure.

Gotta put it back to stock first tho

Originally Posted by Doctor_X

^^^^^^fuuuuuuck. Sorry to hear man.

The injectors have an extended warranty to 120k miles Bc they were known to have faults - would be worth a trip to the dealership to see if BMW will cover it since the catastrophic failure may be secondary to injector failure.

Gotta put it back to stock first tho

Thanks for that i didn't know ... I'll get on to them... didn't even get to enjoy it .. cars only got 50,000kms

[Doctor_X]

Let us know how it goes bud

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Originally Posted by Doctor_X

Let us know how it goes bud

Originally Posted by Doctor_X

Let us know how it goes bud

Called them today and as expected no recalls on injectors and said I'd have to bring it to have it diagnosed etc .. a bit of a problem when it's sitting on a hoist and sump is off. Mechanic called me today to give me more bad news.. crank is not machinable and is advising a low mileage second hand engine

[A3ch]

My nightmare .....