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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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^^^Are you serious? Are you just messing with everyone? I can barely find any info on melt/melted/bumper/shroud/etc, let along anything truely specific on the turboxs or cat vs. catless. I really think you're just being a dick.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital_Damage
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.
Jedi is exactly 100% right. Many people on this forum, IN THIS THREAD, have mentioned the melting rear bumper.

This would be the same for any aftermakret exhaust running with no cat on a rotary engine - that has tips designed like the TurboXS ones. The reason why you dont hear this complaint from other exhaust owners is because those tips sit far out enough for the heat to exit behind the car. The TurboXS one sits so far in(approximately 4 to 5 inches) from the end of the shroud that the exhaust heat is not emmited from behind the car.

This is why i had my tips replaced within 24 hours of installing the exhaust.

The 3" turbo xs exhaust is great, just designed very poorly for our car. By replacing the tips tho... you shouldnt have any issues.

Oh and also how the hanger on my exhaust they sent, blocks access to installing one of the bolts was extremely annoying. Took 2 hours to chop the hanger off so we could get the bolt in properly.

-hS
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital_Damage
Tell me why myself and countless other have had no issues, if the exhaust is so flawed we should all have the issue.
Take a picture of where your exhaust tips sits - then smack yourself accross the face for not seeing the OBVIOUS problem with it.

I knew there was a problem with the design the moment i put it on my car. I did not need to wait for things to go wrong to fix it.

-hS

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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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perfectly Stated Big O.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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perfectly stated my cows
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
Take a picture of where your exhaust tips sits - then smack yourself accross the face for not seeing the OBVIOUS problem with it.

I knew there was a problem with the design the moment i put it on my car. I did not need to wait for things to go wrong to fix it.

-hS
Then tell my why the Agency Power exhaust is worse at melting the shrouds?

Same 3inch pipe and the tips stick way out.

still, I have 4500 miles on mine with no issues.

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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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this thread is still alive??? wow, you'd think Digital Damage was the CEO of turbo xs or something... ugh, never mind...this just isn't worth it anymore.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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yea seirously..hahaha..so how bout them lakers?
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital_Damage
Then tell my why the Agency Power exhaust is worse at melting the shrouds?

Same 3inch pipe and the tips stick way out.

still, I have 4500 miles on mine with no issues.
who says its worse, and who cares? There are many ways to melt items. I'm just telling you why the TurboXS one has been shown to melt shrouds.

Congrats on not having issues, but that doesnt mean other people havent, and other people in teh future will.

Saying yours hasnt melted and therefore the system works fine is ridiculous. Thats the equivalent of someone saying - I put in a turbo kit, plugged the emanage in and drove it - motor still hasnt blown - therfore tuning isnt neccesary.



-hS
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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I just ordered this exhaust today. For the price you cant beat it. I bought it with the intentions of getting new tips anyways, and still after adding tips (And correcting the possible allignment problem) should come out cheaper than most other exhaust midpipe combos.

TurboXS actually claims 24hp, of course thats most likely exagerated, but still it should produce decent power. Im hoping for 12-15hp. That would make me happy. I guess ill have to wait and see.
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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Am I the only one who though he lost power with the exhaust. I don't think I actually did, but because its SO much louder and not THAT much more powerful, you feel as if the car should be going faster. Any one else experience this?

Also, when I went back to stock it felt faster.

I still love the exhaust, don't get me wrong.
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Redpit10
I just ordered this exhaust today. For the price you cant beat it. I bought it with the intentions of getting new tips anyways, and still after adding tips (And correcting the possible allignment problem) should come out cheaper than most other exhaust midpipe combos.

TurboXS actually claims 24hp, of course thats most likely exagerated, but still it should produce decent power. Im hoping for 12-15hp. That would make me happy. I guess ill have to wait and see.
i did the same thng with the tips - so i'm happy with it.

24whp is very likely if it was a turbo'd car going from stock cat/stock exhaust - to the full 3" system. On an NA Car i would be suprised if it was even 10whp.

-hS
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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there is no exhaust out there that will give you a gain of 15-20 whp on a naturally aspirated RX8 period! You guys are seriously tools for believing that!
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 03:55 AM
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HEHE

Heres a good rule of thumb.

Measure gains with a dump behind your headers. No Cat - No Catback, Nothing.
This increase in power is the more than your car will ever get from any sort of Exhaust Product. Its the roof, the ceiling. If that roof is less than what a company claims for increase in power - that company is lying to you.

Now, how much is that ceiling is on a NA RX8? - Its already been dyno'd and shown. Good luck searching kids

-hS
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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For those who have replaced their tips, where did you get them?

I can't decide if I want to replace the tips or just extend them.
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
who says its worse, and who cares? There are many ways to melt items. I'm just telling you why the TurboXS one has been shown to melt shrouds.

Congrats on not having issues, but that doesnt mean other people havent, and other people in teh future will.

Saying yours hasnt melted and therefore the system works fine is ridiculous. Thats the equivalent of someone saying - I put in a turbo kit, plugged the emanage in and drove it - motor still hasnt blown - therfore tuning isnt neccesary.



-hS

Then tell me this, what % would you guess have had an issue out of the people who have bought it?

5%, 10%? does that make the exhaust flawed by design?
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
there is no exhaust out there that will give you a gain of 15-20 whp on a naturally aspirated RX8 period! You guys are seriously tools for believing that!
You are a serious tool for opening your mouth, when you have 0 proof it does not.
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
HEHE

Heres a good rule of thumb.

Measure gains with a dump behind your headers. No Cat - No Catback, Nothing.
This increase in power is the more than your car will ever get from any sort of Exhaust Product. Its the roof, the ceiling. If that roof is less than what a company claims for increase in power - that company is lying to you.

Now, how much is that ceiling is on a NA RX8? - Its already been dyno'd and shown. Good luck searching kids

-hS
So Armaant and Polak lied? Becuase they are the ones that did the dyno.
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
i did the same thng with the tips - so i'm happy with it.

24whp is very likely if it was a turbo'd car going from stock cat/stock exhaust - to the full 3" system. On an NA Car i would be suprised if it was even 10whp.

-hS
Do you have any pics? I haven't seen any with the tips extended.
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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hey brain damage..did yours make 15-20 whp?
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
HEHE

Heres a good rule of thumb.

Measure gains with a dump behind your headers. No Cat - No Catback, Nothing.
This increase in power is the more than your car will ever get from any sort of Exhaust Product. Its the roof, the ceiling. If that roof is less than what a company claims for increase in power - that company is lying to you.

Now, how much is that ceiling is on a NA RX8? - Its already been dyno'd and shown. Good luck searching kids

-hS
no matter what he says, he'll keep trying to protect his investment and lie to himself..its seriously just sad..
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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dyno sheets from YOU or this exhaust is crap!
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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oh wait...I take it back: this exhaust is ALREADY crap!
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 10:21 AM
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I never knew there could be such hate towards one little ol' exhaust. Did you guys get beat by mufflers when you were younger? Its only an exhaust chill out. Yeah I know Digital is a bit extreme in the other direction. You dont want to know what a muffler did to him.

Point being who cares. If some poeple are happy with it, so be it. Others are not happy, replace it. Sounds like every other product on the market today. Some like it, some dont.
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