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SPD Performance Downpipes
- Thread starter GDubzFL
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The answer is a 2-parter:
8 - for the stock Flex Pipe rattle on a cold start. I exercised the FORD TSB fix by Worm Gear clamping them (didn't work because of the high flow cats). They sound like Maracas on Cinco de Mayo.
6 - on the exhaust note because I had the 1st Run of Borla's with the known defects of Fiberglass packing in the resonators being completely gone AND my mufflers have a silicone exhaust ring that separates them from contacting the subframe bolts.
Borla sent me a BNIB S-Type Warranty Replacement and the Thermal Mids are also on their box in my garage.
I'm calling my exhaust system "Frankenstein Downpipe Back System"... Because it's 3 major manufacturers chopped and welded into 1
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8 - for the stock Flex Pipe rattle on a cold start. I exercised the FORD TSB fix by Worm Gear clamping them (didn't work because of the high flow cats). They sound like Maracas on Cinco de Mayo.
6 - on the exhaust note because I had the 1st Run of Borla's with the known defects of Fiberglass packing in the resonators being completely gone AND my mufflers have a silicone exhaust ring that separates them from contacting the subframe bolts.
Borla sent me a BNIB S-Type Warranty Replacement and the Thermal Mids are also on their box in my garage.
I'm calling my exhaust system "Frankenstein Downpipe Back System"... Because it's 3 major manufacturers chopped and welded into 1
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The answer is a 2-parter:
8 - for the stock Flex Pipe rattle on a cold start. I exercised the FORD TSB fix by Worm Gear clamping them (didn't work because of the high flow cats). They sound like Maracas on Cinco de Mayo.
6 - on the exhaust note because I had the 1st Run of Borla's with the known defects of Fiberglass packing in the resonators being completely gone AND my mufflers have a silicone exhaust ring that separates them from contacting the subframe bolts.
Borla sent me a BNIB S-Type Warranty Replacement and the Thermal Mids are also on their box in my garage.
I'm calling my exhaust system "Frankenstein Downpipe Back System"... Because it's 3 major manufacturers chopped and welded into 1
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8 - for the stock Flex Pipe rattle on a cold start. I exercised the FORD TSB fix by Worm Gear clamping them (didn't work because of the high flow cats). They sound like Maracas on Cinco de Mayo.
6 - on the exhaust note because I had the 1st Run of Borla's with the known defects of Fiberglass packing in the resonators being completely gone AND my mufflers have a silicone exhaust ring that separates them from contacting the subframe bolts.
Borla sent me a BNIB S-Type Warranty Replacement and the Thermal Mids are also on their box in my garage.
I'm calling my exhaust system "Frankenstein Downpipe Back System"... Because it's 3 major manufacturers chopped and welded into 1
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What kind of 3.5'' worm clamp did you use? Are we talking hose clamps or are talking a more like a deeper exhaust clamp?
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Yup 3.5" (90MM) Worm Gear clamp $1.49 each. (I believe torqued to 27n.m if I remember correctly)
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/liqu...YGacTjx-YZjgr05DLDpDYIeqikFes6BRoCsYEQAvD_BwE
If you had fiberglass spewing out and bedazzling your back hatch for more than a week or 2, it's a known defect and they'll send you out a Resonator Warranty replacement.
I worked with an Engineer (this dude Walt, who was awesome) from October to January going back and forth. From the time I initiated the muffler/subframe bolt contact issue in early October there were 10 more calls that came in.
Walt wasn't having it. He very quickly recognized that Borla's name (because I was sure to let him know) was being dragged through the mud on our platform and that wasn't acceptable to his standards. Borla did the right thing and slightly Re-engineered so now all systems shouldn't have any contact issues.
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http://www.siliconeintakes.com/liqu...YGacTjx-YZjgr05DLDpDYIeqikFes6BRoCsYEQAvD_BwE
If you had fiberglass spewing out and bedazzling your back hatch for more than a week or 2, it's a known defect and they'll send you out a Resonator Warranty replacement.
I worked with an Engineer (this dude Walt, who was awesome) from October to January going back and forth. From the time I initiated the muffler/subframe bolt contact issue in early October there were 10 more calls that came in.
Walt wasn't having it. He very quickly recognized that Borla's name (because I was sure to let him know) was being dragged through the mud on our platform and that wasn't acceptable to his standards. Borla did the right thing and slightly Re-engineered so now all systems shouldn't have any contact issues.
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UPDATE: new pipe arrived yesterday - overnight shipping was no joke. Everything lined up and installed no further issues.
ATAK exhaust with the downpipes definitely sounds badazz AF! Getting that beautiful snap crackle pop!
93 tune woke it right the F up, no slouch!! Gonna do some pulls later tonight or tomorrow and see where it’s at. SPD Performance - no regrets!!!
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ATAK exhaust with the downpipes definitely sounds badazz AF! Getting that beautiful snap crackle pop!
93 tune woke it right the F up, no slouch!! Gonna do some pulls later tonight or tomorrow and see where it’s at. SPD Performance - no regrets!!!
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Well, I got a set of the faulty SPD downpipes with the upstream o2 in the wrong spot on the drivers side pipe, of course. Guess I should have gone Fenfab after all. Luckily the shop I am at is equipped to tap and weld a new bung on for me so the job will still get done, but very annoying to have to pay to modify a brand new set of DP's.
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