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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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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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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Not good.

Good luck with the fix!
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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You could splice in a new section of wire if you wanted. Or did the motor fall off and burn through the wire?
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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You could splice in a new section of wire if you wanted. Or did the motor fall off and burn through the wire?

Burned through the wire... dont think I should have to splice it back together... I paid good money for it, it should last longer than a few months.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:42 PM
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How does the one on the other side look?
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by The Clevite Kid
How does the one on the other side look?
good question... I guess I should have checked it out while I had the car jacked up... I'll take a peak next time its not raining out... my garage is too cramped to work inside
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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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
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RadarP3C
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
yeah ive seen that one... the turn downs direct the hot exhaust gasses away from the leaf spring. I dont drive around with them open that much anyway
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Originally Posted by tpereira
Burned through the wire... dont think I should have to splice it back together... I paid good money for it, it should last longer than a few months.
Ii dont know if you can hold them responsible for an installation that routed the wires too close to the exhaust
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by morris
Ii dont know if you can hold them responsible for an installation that routed the wires too close to the exhaust
Who installed them?
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by morris
Ii dont know if you can hold them responsible for an installation that routed the wires too close to the exhaust
the wires were not routed too close to the exhaust. the motors fell off the the qtp brackets, and when dangling by the wire was against the exhaust. the cause of the melted wire is that the qtp cutout fell apart.

qtp wants me to send both cutouts back. hopefully I can get them shipped in the next couple of days.
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Who installed them?
local exhaust shop. had them copy JoeG's setup.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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Arent the motors held in place by a few Allen screws?
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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I had a qtp cutout on my cadillac. It rattled itself apart. I sent it back and never heard from them again.
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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.
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