How important is it to have a slip joint, or ball joint on the turbo side of the pipe? With as much spring pressure as some are putting on them I wonder if there is much benefit.
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- Thread starter Mseven
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Well I know one thing for sure, my pipe is bolted to the turbo and has broken there many times.
I saw where Keven recently posted some pics in a pipe wrap thread and the pipe was sold mount. So it got me thinking. It would be easier to not have a jct., but I don't want to end up with a cracked pipe out on the mountain. I was going to mount my turbo solid. So it would only have to deal with engine movement. Most of the M kits use the can mounts. So there is quite a bit of movement until the pipe is hooked up.
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mynewuseddoo
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Without two points of flex, you run a good chance of cracking something.
I broke my first solid welded setup, the double walled it for the first couple of inches. It never broke at the flange again, but did seem to break other places. Not sure if it moved the stress in toward the pipe or?????
Last season I went with the OVS springy dingy things. Wow, no cracks, no problems...no more burnt up exhaust donuts....very happy with their design!
on of the issues even if you get a solid joint is going to be all the harmonics of the motor.. it vibrates a LOT, stare at a stocker and watch how much everything vibrates just reving it up a little and letting it idle down. just because you braced the hell out of a joint you welded solid doesnt mean something is gonna break, hell, the 4 stroke crew like myself can crack pipes WAY thicker then 2 stroke pipes because of heat and vibration, but all of our stuff is solid mounted. you can get away with the pipe to turbo being solid, but the key is a soft mounted turbo. a little bit of play and rubber mounts are essential, got to dissipate the vibration.
I think the header wrap helped with the harmonics on my pipe.
Will the braided flex pipe take boost?
That's cool news. Was always worried that they wouldn't hold up to boost.
Have you used them right against the turbo flange or before the bend or?????
