Disconnect the downpipe from the rest of the exhaust. Pull the cat up from the top as much as possible and go to town on the nuts. Another idea is to grind/cut the end of the bolts off.

 

ok so i found out that you cannot cut through a cat. that bitch is SOLID. on a lighter note i got those little fukin bolts off. took an extender and a pivot point to get those suckers off. i dont know how i generated the torque to bust those suckers loose but im glad i did. but of course i run into problems again. the test pipe is a bitch to bolt back onto the turbo and im confused as hell with the mounting hardware. do you remember which mounts went where Richard? i just wana get this **** done sooooo bad. im missin a sick party with lots of drunk b!thces so any help to get me out the door is greatly appreciated

 

ummm i dont know how your trying to hook the test pipe up if you cant get it in, it only goes in one way and i bolted the test pipe to the DP before puting it back on the car so it was alot easier.. can you take a pic of the prob your having ??

 

ya i did the same thing with the testpipe and dp, i was asking about the mounts to hold the exhaust up to the car. but i got it. it became a lot easier when i realized you gota reuse the stock mounts [8D][8D]good thing i had the sawzall to get those damn rubber mounts off the stock exhaust. i finished everything at like 2 in the morning im so glad. you can now hear me comin like6 blocks away lol. this was my first real DIY on the audi and im much more comfortable workin on the car now. thanx for everyone's help

 

Congrats! Lets see a video! Sorry I missed this thread or i would have added my .02 a while back since i just did the test pipe myself. YGPM by the way.

 

im headin back to tallahassee in a few hours so i'll take a vid and post it up tomorrow.


a few things i've noticed:

-the car is a LOT louder
-the car smells quite foul if turned on in a closed garage [:'(]
-more power
-the car smells like gas after i fill up and everyone in the car gets a little high [8D]
- I CAN SHOOT A BLUE FLAME OUT THE BACK

 

WHAT?

 

lol it doesn't do it all the time but i've got it to do it twice. first time i was revving it up just after i installed it and my friend said a blue flame just shot out the back. then when i was racing a few of myfriends (GLI, Evo 8, 03 Cobra, and me)another one shot out as i shifted into second gear (the GLI, Cobra, and a few other friends who weren't racing all told me this (the Evo didn't cuz he was in front of me[&o])) i still have yet to see it tho lol