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Corsa x pipe install question

Old Jul 24, 2002 | 04:00 PM
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Dealer just called, said the x pipe needed flared to get it correctly fitting over the cats...whose done this??? Do they need to do this/?
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No. The H pipe section is to be cut off, using precise measurements, with a chain pipe cutter. Then the x pipe section slips over the pipes coming from the cats is clamped using the provided hardware. Take a look at the instruction sheet. – C.
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When I installed the Corsa X-pipe I had to grind down the existing exhaust pipe where I cut it with chain cutters to smooth the burrs around the cut. I ALSO had to use an exhaust pipe expander to slightly expand the Corsa X-pipe before I could slip it over the cut pipe. By "flaring" I'm assuming that the dealer just meant that he had to expand the opening slightly to gtet it to fit -- but why would the dealer call you about something that trivial??

I did the work myself (without assistance) in my garage with the rear end of my vette on a car jack -- I took a day because I didn't have any help, it was crampede quarters underneath, and I had to go out and buy the exhaust pipe expander. When I got done it was worth it.

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???? Here is a how-to from my X-Pipe install Click Here
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