Not worried about that, you ran out of things to say 3 pages ago.

 

That's true but I have heard of glowing red exhaust tips on a stock catback that didn't melt the shrouds. Typically the cat will get so hot it will fail before the shrouds melt. That's not the case with the TurboXS catback. My shrouds melted because the tips don't extend far enough. I'm positive of that.

 

Are your tips completely centered? When mine came the right side was off centered by about half an inch. I had to move them back into place.

Could you post pics from behind?

And the steel is 304 you can extend them, but if they are off center it will not help. The agency power exhaust has tips that stick way out and they have a greater issue of melting shouds, because they are to close to the outer walls.

 

If the tips were glowing red then they should have burned up the whole bumper.

 

umm yea..very original...

 

This coming from the guy pulling the "n00b" card.

You are becoming quite the pet.

 

hahahaha

 

 

Yes, I understand that a catalytic converter reduces emissions by using platinum and rhodium to reduce pollutants. that's automotive 101.
My point here is....with your infinite automotive wisdom: feel free to explain to me why it is THIS exhaust burns up exhaust shrouds with a stock cat when other exhausts do NOT. Again, this all leads back to designing a proper exhaust sytem...not to the cat.

 

Here are the pics. Looks centered to me.

 

there's a pretty good chance that none of the people arguing understand the subject

 

If you take it in to get extended have them move the right side about half an inch. Mine was the same way and the inner side would be warm to the touch after extended driving.

 

The cat is not flawed, but it adds heat.

Tell me how something melts? Could it be heat?

The comon factor among people that have had an issue with this exhaust have a cat. As a matter of fact I have not heard one person that has removed the cat report an issue.

How come after 4500 miles I and countless other have had no issue?

Other Exhaust DO melt shrouds
The Agency Power exhaust eats shrouds for lunch and the tips extend way beyond the shrouds. I have also seen Borla and HKS melt shrouds.

 

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If Only He Actually Knew How To Read Numerics

 

so my whole rear bumper is gonna melt off, big whoop.

 

WRONG. The actual common denominator with melted shrouds is THIS exhaust! There might be one or two isolated incidents with other exhausts but show me a group of people with RB exhausts & stock cats that have melted shrouds....

 

When I had this exhaust, I noticed that the right side was off center as well. Must be a design flaw.

 

Now you are just being an idiot. I personaly have not seen an RB cause it. I have seen two Agency Power, one hks and one Borla.

How many people have you personaly seen this exhaust without a cat melt the shrouds?

 

I have a feeling you are correct.

 

oh, so we've now resorted to name calling... very mature.
I PERSONALLY have seen Toca's race car with burnt up exhaust shrouds. Would you like pics of it?
Face it: this exhaust has grown a reputation on this forum for melting exhaust shrouds...that does not happen with just one or two incidents, it is because of a pattern.

If you've never seen an RB melt a shroud and I presonally know and have seen 6 RB exhausts (WITH stock cat) NOT melt a shroud, then how can the cat be the culprit? Are you saying that when you mix the stock cat with THIS exhaust, it somehow then MAGICALLY causes THIS (poorly designed exhaust) to melt shrouds??

 

Just for arguments sake, Ive heard that the racepipe also melts the Dashboard sometimes.

 

Show me a pattern then. Show me multiple users that have no cat and this exhaust melting the shrouds. Most of the ones I have seen is 1) because they have the cat installed 2) the right side is to close to the shroud.

Tell me why myself and countless other have had no issues, if the exhaust is so flawed we should all have the issue.

You argument holds NO grounds.

Heh, look at that I can use caps and bold text too.

 

i have this exhaust with the stock cat and no melted shrouds for me.

 

where's that beating the dead horse smilie?

 

how bout beating the dead cow smile?