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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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i am thinking of getting a DMH cutout and wanted to know who has them installed and what they think of them.

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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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DMH sells them direct.

I, myself ,will forgo the electric cutout and just use a stainless steel manual one. The electric ones don't seem to last very long. Cool gizmo while the last though.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 09:00 PM
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ive had one for almost a year, and its still running strong. I definitley think dmh sells the best cutouts.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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I've got one, had it for 9 months or so. It works great, I bought it used and the guy before me had it for a while. It takes about 1.5-2 seconds to open it completely from completely closed. The QTP e-cutout I tried out seemed to take about 4 seconds.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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i got one and even if it does go out, its got that wonderful 4 yr warranty
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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i've had mine on for around a year also.only use it every once in a while but it has worked flawless so far.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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mine has been on for about a few months and i love it And if anything ever happens to it, that 4 year warranty is nice to have.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:48 AM
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i had mine for 5 months now and i haven't had any problems yet.
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On the website it says $199 Free shipping and $179 Without Flowtech Race Ready. What is Flowtech Race Ready? What is the difference between getting 1 cutout or 2? More power? Louder?

Also, how do you know how much cable you will need when you order?
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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I have a cutout already, would I be able to add a DMH to it, so I can have an electric one?? How would you go about doing all the wiring if it were possible at all. Im a wiring newb lol.......
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I've had mine for a year - I open and close it probably 3-4 times per day and have had zero problems.
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Flowtech race ready is the actuall ypipe the motor connects too, youll need that unless you already have a manual cutout.

If you have a flowtech cutout, and probley anyother cutout the electric motor will bolt up to it, and the wiring is real easy, just run it up through the gromet in the floor boards and connect the red wire to a 12volt source and ground the black wire. and it comes with directions
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Originally Posted by Xx01CamaroZ28xX
I have a cutout already, would I be able to add a DMH to it, so I can have an electric one?? How would you go about doing all the wiring if it were possible at all. Im a wiring newb lol.......
Yeah, it basically is a cap that has a butterfly valve on it - bolts right up to a manual cutout.

If your cutout is on the passenger side under the rear seat, there is a convenient rubber grommet that you can run the wire through, it will be about 8 inches from the center console, under the carpet if you go through the bottom. If you can fish it through, it's pretty easy to run the wire under the console to the ash tray, where most people have their switch.
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DMH, four year warranty, nuff said.
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Im about to buy one too. I had the McCord Powerplate2 on my duals and they lasted about 9 months. Worst part about it is I only drive the car on weekends. So Im going to go with DMH this time. Ive been with out an electric one for 5 months and Im tried of crawling this low *** car!!!!
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Originally Posted by ShevrolayZ28
DMH sells them direct.

I, myself ,will forgo the electric cutout and just use a stainless steel manual one. The electric ones don't seem to last very long. Cool gizmo while the last though.
My QTP worked for several years.
It didn't respond well to hitting a curb at 40+mph, but that was the least of my concerns.
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On the order form it asks for approx. cable lenght. How do i figure how much cable i will need?

Also, do oyu guys have pics of the switches you guys have inside your car to open/close the cutout?
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You could just run a peace of string from where the cutout will be up through the floorboards to the ashtray, and then measure it. but add some length to that cause you can always hide the extra wire.
but maybe someone else knows
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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yea, that what i was thinking. I was also interested in seeing what your switches look like and where you have them hooked up to.
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