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Originally Posted by chrischhorn If I snug down one side, I have to move the opposite side over almost a full inch to get the other bolts to line up

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Old 05-07-2013, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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If I snug down one side, I have to move the opposite side over almost a full inch to get the other bolts to line up on the other side. If my Z1 pipes show up by Thursday, I'm going to try to tackle this again.

My main concern is that with the kink in the exhaust I'm losing power. A LOT of power on the top end. 15whp to be exact since I use to make power all the way up to 8k and now my powerband plateaus at 6.8k. I went to get a retune after I swapped from CNT exhaust to litespeed and I highly doubt the exhaust itself is causing the loss as most people seem to have no issues with it and I didn't realize the kink was so bad till I looked over it again.
Dude, hate to say it, but I don't think an exhaust kink would result in that kind of top end fall off. A greatly reduced flow capacity would, however...

Wasn't the CNT a true dual with an X pipe?
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Dude, hate to say it, but I don't think an exhaust kink would result in that kind of top end fall off. A greatly reduced flow capacity would, however...

Wasn't the CNT a true dual with an X pipe?
Its a fairly signifcant kink. Literally half of the 2 1/2" opening is not lined up on the test pipes at the moment. The CNT exhaust was an H-pipe design (HKS replica) and with the 2 piece H-pipe, I was able to adjust to make it work unlike the current LiteSpeed exhaust Y-pipe that is a single piece and only has so much flex to it. I feel some other things attributed to the power loss also pre-dyno but I feel this is probably one of my larger issues.
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