QTP Fell Apart :(
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Burning Brakes
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QTP Fell Apart :(
Went for a "spirited" drive the other day, and the car didnt sound quite right afterwards, and had a rattle in the rear right where the cutouts were... Well looks like I had a case of hanging QTP 
Only had them a few months and my first victim. Looks like the exhaust burned through the wiring. Tired to connect a battery to it, doesnt move at all, its dead...
Will be contacting QTP on monday...
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Only had them a few months and my first victim. Looks like the exhaust burned through the wiring. Tired to connect a battery to it, doesnt move at all, its dead...
Will be contacting QTP on monday...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Providence RI
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Burning Brakes
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Be careful....another heat related problem is the possibility of a rear leaf spring failure because of the heat from the exhaust flow from the cut outs being directed over the leaf spring.
Check out this thread.....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...ing-today.html
Check out this thread.....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...ing-today.html
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Burning Brakes
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Be careful....another heat related problem is the possibility of a rear leaf spring failure because of the heat from the exhaust flow from the cut outs being directed over the leaf spring.
Check out this thread.....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...ing-today.html
Check out this thread.....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...ing-today.html
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Drifting
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Who installed them?
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Burning Brakes
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qtp wants me to send both cutouts back. hopefully I can get them shipped in the next couple of days.
Drifting
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I had the cutouts on my 99 T/A before I had the vette. Loved them! The only complaint I had was this was one of the first iterations of the design and the butterfly valves would work open when you started the car so you had to work the switch just right to get them completely closed, otherwise they sound like crap with them valve just cracked open. (the problem was due to excess torque in the motor when the valve seated causing the motor to release the stress by opening the valve up slightly). Barry was very helpful and made a great set of headers too! 1 3/4 primaries to a 3" collecter and a high flow y pipe where the cutout mounts were.
