Racing Beat Race Pipe
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From: Clovis, California
Originally Posted by otrovago
ordered mine... should be here by the end of this week. I'll post a sound clip. As far as the cel, I'm thinking of trying the www.o2sim.com simulator and see how that goes... Has anyone had any luck with any of these simulators?
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From: from the SF BAY to LAS VEGAS
Originally Posted by turbine
Everyone serious about keeping their 8, and looking for a solution for power and better gas mileage, should think about a pipe. You will have both setups. I bought a midpipe over 6 months ago to rule out a CAT issue. Figured I could put it back on when I need to. No need. NO CEL. NO ODOR. NOT LOUD. NO DRONE. It may smoke, if you flooded it prior. If you did not let it warm up before shut down. There will be a noticable power increase, depending on your current CAT condition. Mine was bad, so in theory it was more than a 8HP gain. I have the stock exhaust on with Tips extended out past bumper at 3.5 inches. I bet money it would pass inspection. There is another thread I read to support that. Someone passed with a midpipe.
The CAT on this car faces demise due to the nature of the car. To run properly, the car needs to warm up to temp for ECU reasons. Until the temp gauge moves to the normal point, it runs rich. Correct me if I am wrong, but the EGT at idle is easily 800. During the warm up the CAT is basicly an afterburner in reverse. They should have installed a toaster oven. In six months that chrome pipe has turned black. Tell me that aint some heat. All that heat conducts back up into the header and to all the other parts. Getting that heat away has got to add life to the engine.
The CAT on this car faces demise due to the nature of the car. To run properly, the car needs to warm up to temp for ECU reasons. Until the temp gauge moves to the normal point, it runs rich. Correct me if I am wrong, but the EGT at idle is easily 800. During the warm up the CAT is basicly an afterburner in reverse. They should have installed a toaster oven. In six months that chrome pipe has turned black. Tell me that aint some heat. All that heat conducts back up into the header and to all the other parts. Getting that heat away has got to add life to the engine.
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Originally Posted by Senna
That o2simulator looks interesting. Are you going to try it? I could see myself going that route if it works obvioulsy to avoid the CEL.
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From: Columbus Ohio
Originally Posted by Mikeluvs8
you have a rb midpipe? who else offers midpipes for us?
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Sounds Great!!!!
Just put in today and loving it so far... great sound... here are the clips
I have sound clips but can't seem to be able to upload mov files. Any suggestions as to how to post them? Thanks...
I will post pics later on..
I have sound clips but can't seem to be able to upload mov files. Any suggestions as to how to post them? Thanks...
I will post pics later on..
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From: Freakmont, CA
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Originally Posted by otrovago
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From: Clovis, California
Originally Posted by otrovago
yeah, I can't get this damm thing uploaded...
youtube keeps rejecting every format I throw at it... any ideas?
is 600k so I can just email it to who ever wants it...
youtube keeps rejecting every format I throw at it... any ideas?
is 600k so I can just email it to who ever wants it...
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Finally
I was finally able to upload the clip to this site...
RB Exhaust w/ RB Race Pipe
Downloaded and tell what you think...
RB Exhaust w/ RB Race Pipe
Downloaded and tell what you think...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5soA-X1Hgs
there you have it
there you have it
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