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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 10:23 PM
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I bought a flowtech cut out with qtech but the bolts arent long enough to attach to qtech . i was wondering which cut out you guys are using for your qtech. And where can i find it. thanks for your help guys.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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hmm.. it fit my Flowtech?
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 12:08 AM
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Fit mine as well, how short are yours from fitting? Mine did not have much room but they did fit.
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 01:09 AM
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Fit my Flowtech.

Wow! is that Flowtech a POS though. Half the pipe was not cut out where they attached the y pipe.Some of the cobbiest welds I have EVER seen.

With the level of QC present I wouldn't doubt the welded the studs improperly on a few of em.

Next time I'll be making my own..
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 03:42 AM
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sound like you got a bad one... call and complain... theyshould make it right
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 05:47 AM
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I just cut off the old studs and welded on longer ones.
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
I just cut off the old studs and welded on longer ones.
That's exactly what I did, I made mine longer before I ever put the flowtech on so I would have enough bolt so I could bolt on a turn down if I wanted to, which I am fixing to do.
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 05:46 PM
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I got a email from qtech today and they said to throw out the gasket and use high temp silicone. think it would work???????
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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I would say Q-Tech are the experts
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by KrazyDan
I got a email from qtech today and they said to throw out the gasket and use high temp silicone. think it would work???????
That's what I did and it's been working just fine like that for over a year.
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 11:23 AM
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I had heard of the short bolts from the beginning when using the qtec cutout so I cutoff the bolts before I had it welded in and just used longer bolts. Did even weld the new ones in, just cranked it down with a little lock-tite. Works great. I would rather have longer bolts and not have to worry about only getting a few threads of the nut through.
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 09:36 PM
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I used RTV red silicone on mine and it worked great.
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