Downpipe - Need one for my 2007 V70R, 3", no cat

spmarrow · Post by **spmarrow** » 17 Oct 2012, 21:58

HELP! I'm trying to find a good downpipe for my 2007 V70R. Looking for 3" and NO CAT! Can anyone out there point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance,

Sean

Post by **jimmy57** » 17 Oct 2012, 22:10

Just got one two weeks ago. OBX on Ebay. $180 shipped. You will have to cut or grind a piece off the rear flange. FOr some reason it comes with a three hole flange but the exhaust has a two bolter. The thrid one sticks down and is vulnerable.
If you go with stock rear system then that flange will need the tacked bolts heads ground off and the holes slotted to align with the pipe's flange. All the DP's you buy will be like that as they make them to integrate perfectly with a high flow cat-back exhaust system.
OR you can order a 3 inch flange and then have an exhaust shop make you a resonator eliminator pipe that has a 3 inch to 2 1/2 inch reducer at rear to finish with the factory system the rest of the way.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/03-07-VOLVO-S60 ... 98&vxp=mtr

I searched for V70R and got the ones with cats but changed to S60R and it found the one. It is the same. The diff between S and V to make up the 1.5 stretch for the V70 is done aft of the down pipe. Same DP for S and V models.

spmarrow · Post by **spmarrow** » 18 Oct 2012, 10:26

THANKS FOR THE INFO! So the difference between the two is a 1.5ft stretch of pipe that can be utilized to remove the resonator by having an exhaust shop make a 3" to 2.5" 1.5ft adapter pipe? I'm looking to start with a downpipe to bolt up to my stock exhaust before I move into a catback system. I'd like to remove the resonator pipe anyway so I would have a flange welded up to the stock exhaust so I can remove and bolt up an adapter pipe when I need to. Does that sound like it would work?

Thanks again,

Sean

spmarrow · Post by **spmarrow** » 19 Oct 2012, 20:16

And does that mean that a catback system for a s60r would work on a v70r if you got a 1.5ft piece of pipe to connect the system?

Sean

Post by **jimmy57** » 19 Oct 2012, 20:25

The wheelbase difference is 1.5 inches.
The resonator is 31-32 inches long from flange to back of resonator. You need a pipe with the 3 X 2.5 reducer to be that long but measure yours as I am not that sure of the length and where you choose to connect can change that length an inch or so either way.

I only mentioned S60R because there seems to be many P2 R models pieces that you find listed for S60R and not V70R when those pieces fit either.

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