Will this work? I have been gathering parts together to swap out my stock up pipe downpipe and catback, i have everything except for the catback and now im searching the internet and some places say the stock catback will mate to the cobb catless downpipe. is this true?
Thanks for the imput....

 

Cobb DP will mate to the factory CBE

i also carry/have a 3" to stock CBE adapter on the shelf for full 3" dp's to factory cbe

*but with a 2002 WRX, you need to run EMS (i.e. cobb AP, etc..)

-Noah

 

Yes the cobb downpipe will mate to the stock CBE. The cobb dp tapers to 2.5in and you just reuse your stock donut gasket from the oem downpipe.

 

I think it depends on what kind of downpipe you are running. Some might mate up, and others won't. If you look at the stock catback, it's a "donut" type flange, whereas most downpipes are flat-style flanges. I believe there are adapters out there that allow the two to mate up.
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i have ems taken care of Recieved my Accessport in the mail today

 

if you are running a 3" flanged dp, you will need something like this

http://www.eliteawd.com/fadogaad.html

we have that in stock ^^^^

if you have a cobb dp, it will bolt up fine to the factory cbe as its not a true full 3" dp.

-Noah

 

Does this Taper mean that i can not eventually mate a 3" exhaust to the downpipe? And Wile running a catless uppipe, catless downpipe and the stock Cbe will i be able to flash my car over to the cobb stage 2 map? Thanks again for answering my questions i like to make sure i do things correctly

 

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yes you can if its a cobb, it will still allow for a 3" CBE even though it tapers...NOT IDEAL but it can be done.

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yes

-Noah

 

Have you looked into the TurboXS stealth back? It uses a 4" downpipe, 3" midpipe and then you use the stock axle back.