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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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FLEX PIPE BUY

what to look for when you buy a flex pipe... i bought new obx headers and they have those buzzy bees in can noise. any recommendation where to buy new one from?
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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Vibrant Performance or Summit or Jeg's just to ensure the most durability I would personally invest into an inner lined (turbo'd car type) flex section due to it's extra beefiness to handle force inducted exhaust pressures and tempertures....An non-inner lined unit would fail severly with blow-out, blow-thru, or pressure bleed thru (bees in a can) on a force inducted car...Over engineering is always my preferred route due to increased durability and me enjoying more time driving than fixing.....
Old Apr 11, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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I ordered the one with the inner lined and outer lined flex. Hopefully it should eliminate the noise. Thank you for the info.
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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wanna share the link to the one you bought? I want to do the same thing
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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http://vibrantperformance.com/catalo...1022_1035_1064 or save a little money shopping here.....
http://www.sportcompactwarehouse.com/
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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Buy Cattman Headers??
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jowo9
Buy Cattman Headers??

I get the same or a similar noise between 2000 - 2300 rpms. And I have cattman headers and Y
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Man....I'm with you! But you know the saying....it appears that the obvious is coming true...little by little with every second of the clock....time will set the record straight!
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Greg from

http://www.greghome.com/Greg%27s%20G...S%20Y-Pipe.htm

said the noise disappeared on the original Stillen y-pipe after wrapping the flex section with header wrap. I am curious whether that'll take care of the noise on these too!
Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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where you get your obx headers? I thought the 3.5 were gone.
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