i have a recirculated dump, and im glad i went this route. To me the car is a lot more enjoyable because i don't have a headache after a hard drive. Here a pick of how mine was done

 

niiiiiiiiiice... but why the flex flange? i would imaging none of the components move yah?

have you lost power going this route? i'm assuming since you said you dont have a headache anymore you were open dump?

 

im not sure how much power im losing but the car put up good numbers and performs well, if i am loosing a few horsepower i am really not missing it.

 

i didn't have an open dump, my request when the car was built was to keep it as quiet as possible. I have been around cars with open dumps and they can be obnoxiuos, but to each his own. For me the lower db's are worth the trade off.

 

om not sure why he used the flex flange, i would think it just to aliviate some of the stress from movement. it may be a weak point right now because trying to tract down an exhaust leak and i have a feeling its coming from the flex flange area. I would think that just a straight pipe would have been fine but i trust scott(the fabricator) had a good reason for it.

 

oh ok right on...

so the car is really quiet i'm assuming?

 

its definately quiet especially to someone like you who is used to an open dump, but right now the exhaust leak is quite audible so its not as quite as it should be.

 

The exhaust definitely gets louder but nothing like it would with an open dump.

 

suuuuhweeeeet!!!!

love your setup btw... kinda on the poor man budget ...cant go as far as u did..

 

The angle that the wastegate dump enters the downpipe is VERY important. Be sure whoever fabricates this for you has some experience with this.