Launch

I found they don't really crush the pipes enough to do any damage. Unless you tighten the living **** out of em.

I put a few U-bolt clamps on my speed engineering y-pipe, no issues. Yeah they're a bit uglier when under the car, but nobody's looking under there 99.999% of the time.

Toddoky

Genuine Torca Accuseal clamps have been used by GM, Ford, Chrysler and many other OE's for more than 15 years to successfully seal their exhaust connections. If an individual user can't get them to seal up and hold components in place, then they are using them incorrectly, as long as the slip- connector mating components they are being used on are sized correctly.

Full-Force

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exactly

Full-Force

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Not the case if you know how to get them apart. When you take the inside pipe and work it back and forth it will spread the flared side.

zachm89

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Considering their double drop crossmember is designed around the Kooks TDs, I'd assume that it would work just fine with this kit as well.

Jared Angell

Ok. I want to get these. I have bbk headers that have the flanged y pipe that fits right on their headers. Any idea how much I'd fight to get these to fit with that? May just cut and weld the flange. Any help would be appreciated.

Photochop

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Looks like a heck of a deal with great looks/fitment.

Thanks to Soloman for the pics and vid.

Speed Eng. or others that have experience with the kit, would there be room to install a pair of small bullet cats on the front of the system? I know some consider this sacrilege, I'm considering it because I drive my car to work a lot and don't prefer to smell like fuel on the job.

AnotherWs6

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Do the mufflers point straight out towards the bumper openings? Or do the tips have a bend in them to make them exit centered? I ask because I'd like to put single 3" tips on. Wondering if I can just put them on or would I need to create a bend to get them to come out straight.

zachm89

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Mating the exhaust to the BBK headers might be a bit of a pain with the flanges needing to be cut off of the header collectors and also the collectors being .5" smaller than the ID of the dual exhaust. An exhaust shop should be able to get it done for you with relative ease, but most shops now days won't touch a car without cats.

zachm89

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If you look at the pics on their site, and use the zoom in hover, it does appear that the tips angle inward slightly.

Jared Angell

I would actually cut the flange part off of the Y pipe and adapt it to the duals. That part is just a flared piece of pipe. I don't want to cut the headers.

soloman369

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What he said there angled slightly inward

Robzombie

What's the weight difference between the axle dump and rear exit kits?

zachm89

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In that case, youll need to cut the flanges off of your current y pipe, weld some 2.5"-3" expansion pieces onto the flanges, then cut off xx" from the duals kit to make it match up to the newly added expansion pieces you welded to the flanges. By the time you go through all that trouble, Id just buy a set of speed engineerings 1-7/8" headers and sell your BBK stuff as a whole and not f*ck with all the fab work. Just my .02

2ToeRacing

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I've been working on mine all week. The champs SUCK-***. I ran them up with a elec impact and they didn't hold. I have some clamps from my other system that i'll try. I had the hole system installed and held up with small jack stands and it sounded really good.
Changing plugs on these cars are a ************.

usnfenix

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This. I have the BBK setup and its hooked up to the new TSP catback, and last night I just said f it and bought this full system with bigger headers. If you want to try and modify the bbk's to the x pipe don't forget in addition to having to the above youll be messing with the overall length of the system and any small changes in how it sits and comes off the headers will have effects on how it looks coming out the rear and could potentially look like *** without ALOT of care and careful measuring. Your already planning on getting the system right? then just say **** it and pick up their headers for a no-mess install. that's what im doing at least and I have your same exhaust setup

OffspringZ28

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I bet a set of XR1 mufflers would sound great as well in this system instead of the bullets.

codyvette

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I know exactly how to get them apart. If common sense didn't tell me that I wouldn't be successful in the business. When you throw in someone else's previous work in the equation and corrosion and bad driving and etc., many things can go wrong with any of the exhaust clamps. I simply prefer the wider clamps and have not seen failures out of them near as often as the narrower types. A lot of times there isn't a lot of room to work anything anywhere. I will say I feel they are much better than a U bolt or a redneck coat hanger weld.

HioSSilver

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The only plug that's even a little hard to do is the rear one on passenger side. It's a 15min job for all of them not even trying.

BrntWS6

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This will bury the kooks setup as long is fitment is decent. Wish you guys were a little faster to the party though, kooks tds came out what, 5 years ago?