Pierce Motorsports Full Elbow Turbo Downpipe
The Pierce Motorsports Full Elbow Turbo Downpipe Downpipe by Pierce motorsports is Stainless with Catalytic Converter. These bolt directly to the turbo to replace the restrictive oem part without modification. Pierce Motorsports created a fully optimized Hi flowing Down pipe using only the best materials. Completely stainless from tip to tip using CFD designed transitions, laser cut/Water Jet/CNC cut flanges to avoid distortion. Pierce also uses an unrestricted Center line Radius Bends to insure maximum flow and ease of installation.
These high flow down pipe’s have been dyno tested to increase performance up to 15HP and with a good exhaust gains of up to 25HP can be realized. You will also see an increased fuel economy and quicker acceleration. Overall this Down pipe make your Veloster more spirited in every gear! These down pipes are usually in stock, but when not they are built to order. In this case please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery.
The stock converter has two cats beds of element in it fairly close together. The transition from the turbo housing to the first bed is abrupt, has a lip and is restrictive. The cell count is very high at around 600cel on the OEM unit. Pierce uses a 200CEL converter and one of the best transitions in the biz. Burns knows there stuff and have cars running in every major racing organization (indycar/alms/grand-am/nascar/brief stints in F1 etc…) in the world.
The design of the down pipe has been maximized using the knowledge of over 40 yrs of professional engineering in exhaust technologies for motorsports. No expense has been spared! This product is meticulously manufactured using the best processes and materials available. It’s literally a work of art!
Anthony (verified owner) –
***update as of 10/15/20***
Kdm tuners did come through with the partial refund I was owed. Bumping the review from 2 stars to 3 for that.
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My experience wasn’t so great. After waiting a month and a half to receive my order, the flex part of the downpipe failed and basically came apart at the collar during install. I had to pay the shop double to install the downpipe, which came apart, and reinstall my oem downpipe. At this point I went and had the flex pipe replaced and spent A LOT more than I would have had this not happened. The initial install of the broken downpipe and reinstall of my oem pipe costed $182. This is not even counting the money I spent getting the downpipe fixed and on the car. I feel I should be reimbursed the $182 at a minimum. Although I provided pictures and invoices to kdm tuners and pierce motorsports, and they both acknowledge and agree the part failed, they have not refunded me anything as of yet. The upside is that the downpipe is on the car and working properly. I got the one with a high flow cat. No engine light, and definitely better acceleration. So the product is good IF it doesn’t fall apart. 2 stars for that. But considering the longer than advertised wait, the part broke, and despite being nice, these guys aren’t doing whats right in this situation, I just can’t give a higher rating than 2 stars. If I could do it again, I’d order from somewhere else. Sucks to say that considering I couldn’t really find anything negative about these guys prior to purchasing. Hopefully for them this is an isolated incident.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Looks good have not installed yet took forever to get shipped
Sean B. (verified owner) –
This is great if you have the money to spend to pay for the extra work to the mechanics just to get this thing to fit I have the new 22 forte gt and they had to fabricate flanges and put washers in because the bolts on the turbo are too long and had to put washers in to compensate for the space they literally had to install it twice because of this issue need to send flanges and hardware otherwise sounds alot better coupled up to my xforce exaust and a small but noticeable difference in power thanks KDMtuners.