The Malaga Bomber (no rust this time)

[RCM3]

I just went through your entire build... and wow this is impressive work. That exhaust set up is nuts, sounds amazing. This 02 must be crazy fast, good stuff!

[AbsorbantNut]

Well with finals wrapping up I'll finally get some more time to start working on this car. I've collected all the parts I needed, now I just need to get around to installing them. That includes a medium case 3.73S diff, upgraded axles, rear disk brake conversion, along with a couple of apperance modifications. Stay tuned.....or don't ;)

Awesome job, I can only imagine how potent a m20 turbo is in a 2002.
Cant wait to see the flares..

It's quite a riot to drive. Even though it's still a small turbo and motronic, it moves ;D I can't wait till I get the e30 diff in so I can really start abusing it!

[TheTacoMan]

Awesome job, I can only imagine how potent a m20 turbo is in a 2002.
Cant wait to see the flares..

[AbsorbantNut]

That sounds mean!! Nice work

Thank you sir

[CorvallisBMW]

That sounds mean!! Nice work

[AbsorbantNut]

HA HA HA

[AbsorbantNut]

So here's the run down on the exhaust that John @ Wot-tech put together..........

• Mandrel Bent
  
• TIG'd
  
• Single Resonator
  
• 3'" Downpipe
  
• V-bandz
  
• 2.5" once the exhaust turns underneath the car
  
• Single Resonator

The collection of parts



Close up of a v-band





First turn down for the downpipe done



Tacked together



Action shot





Downpipe completed with the bung for the wideband installed



Next we started on the piece after the downpipe



Added a resonator



Then we pulled it out after tacking everything in place and John finished it





We ended up adding a shield underneath the flex pipe so that it wouldn't get a hole dragged into it :p



You can see the shield if yu look in the top right corner of this picture



Then we finished the "axle-back" part of the exhaust



Close up of the tips. Very similar to 5th Gen Camaro SS exhaust. Someone else also said it looked like a Vetter exhaust. But it's neither





Here's a pic of everything but the downpipe. We snugged it up against the bottom of the car to try to retain as much ground clearance as possible



And if you're wondering about hangers, John had a great idea to mimic the stock hangers on the car




Here's a little throwback pic of the car I never posted. I can't really see going any more agressive on stock body if you want to keep meaty tires. I can only fit a credit card between the rear arches and sidewall of the tire. Guess I'll need to chop it up for flares once I pick my new wheels up form my friend ;)



-edit- I have some heat wrap I've been waiting to install. So this weekend's project will be wrapping the downpipe!

[Mac_86ES]

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[knuklehead92]

Thanks guys, I really like how it came out!

[AbsorbantNut]

Thanks guys, I really like how it came out!

[silence]

Sounds great

[efficient]

Sounds nice

[stanhayward]

Sounds tits!

[AbsorbantNut]

So I stopped by John's shop(WOT-TECH) earlier this week to get an exhaust made for the car. He did a great job! I'll post up some pics of it later, but for now here's a sound bite :devil:

What about 72 brackets? 72 should be correct as the bumpers are close to the body. It wasn't until 73 that the bumpers were pushed out another two inches to meet DOT requirements. I'd think that 72 brackets will work as well.

I suppose 72 could work as well

I may have a set of euro bumper brackets dude they are 77 but I think they should work as we never saw the extended bumpers. Not sure what the postage would be though

Thanks for the offer bud! I'm going to attempt to modify the ones I currently have and see how that works out. I'll get in touch if I need to scoop up those brackets :D

[AdOz]

I may have a set of euro bumper brackets dude they are 77 but I think they should work as we never saw the extended bumpers. Not sure what the postage would be though