It was easiest for me to take the entire assembly out from the resonator back. Then I could measure and cut without having to be under the car. I was using one of the chain pipe cutters though, so cutting was a pain.
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I installed mine on jack stands. It sas only slightly terrifying. Ramps are definitely safer and you should be fine.
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Regardless of the affect of the inlet diameter, it can't be stated enough that this design will reduce the pressure losses due to the abrupt geometry from the stock inlet design. The stock inlet was designed for manufacturing efficiency, not aerodynamics. The losses from flow separation that...
I have a magnetic gray gtpp with black stripes and would like a red intake. If that would be close enough to the black and red combo you are looking for, I'd be willing to take tons of pictures.
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There will be essentially the same amount of skin friction drag since they don't add any additional surface area, and the form drag will increase a bit due to the additional width added to each fender, and the sight bumps on the seam. But, even if one did have the hundreds thousands of dollars...
How did this turn out after painting them? It doesn't need to be a perfect paint job. It would be nice to see what you ended up with to get a pretty good idea of what we could expect.
I'm sure there will people that was crap on this for being a "stick on" part. But, from what I can tell, this was designed such that it blends with the lines really well. The only discontinuous line is the 2 or so inches at the top front of the part. I bet this would look really nice painted...
I'm not really sure of the best way to post a video here, but here's a link to it from my dropbox.
I did my best to make an apples to apples comparison. The first clip is of the stock resonator and mufflers, the second clip is with the x-pipe and stock mufflers...
I agree with above. The choice seems to usually come down to whether people want the "rasp" of an x pipe. However, from a fluid dynamics perspective, the h pipe will have additional losses due to the flow separating over the sharp edges at the H, and will therefore be more restrictive than an...