hole in y-pipe, can i run the motor?

[shortstop20]

I just put a PERC kit on my sled yesterday and I want to make sure it works but now I noticed that my sled has a hole in the y-pipe about 3/8" long by 1/8" tall, right where one of the spring hooks is supposed to be. I found the spring hook though. My question is, can I start the sled, let it warm up for a few minutes to get the motor warm so I can try out my PERC to make sure it works or am I asking for trouble with the hole in the y-pipe?

I don't have anywhere to get it welded today and I work away from home during the week and I want to make sure my PERC works before we leave to go on our trip Friday night.

 

[ttyR2]

Unbeknownst to me, my XLT came to me with a 1/2" hole in the center exhaust pipe (it's running triple SLP pipes) and the guy had run it that way for a couple of years with no damage. I think you'll be fine running it for a bit, but do get it fixed as soon as you can.

 

[TNT]

You can run it but your going to lose back pressure which means your going to lose horse power. You can probably get it welded for $10

 

[shortstop20]

I just wanted to run it to test the PERC. I started it up, let her warm up for a couple minutes and the PERC does work. My brother is going to weld it up for me sometime this week before our weekend trip.

Thanks guys.

 

[ttyR2]

I might add, I did braze a patch over the hole in the pipe once I found out about it

 

[rmkboxer]

run it and you will be fine, you will not hurt anything letting it warm up and using perc.

 

[Nate]

Found a crack in my Y pipe and thought it wasnt going to do anything. 2 hours later the motor seized. I just threw the whole sled away at that point because im pretty sure it was the worst sled ever made

 

[shortstop20]

I'm not sure if my SLP y-pipe is a lemon or if it's just bad luck. This is the 2nd time I've had one of the spring hook welds separate from the y-pipe and leave a hole where it used to be. I'm going to have my brother put welds on all of the spring hooks and I'm starting to wonder if I should have him do the same to the pipe?

This is not a bash against SLP, I've had great results with their products and will continue to order stuff from them. I just received some new parts in the mail from them actually.

Anybody else had any problems like this with their SLP y-pipes?