99 y-pipes before and after pictures

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07-23-08 | 09:32 AM

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Not at all, the bling factor far out weighs and performance factor. the amount of material removed is very minuet. Plus this is the cold side of the turbo system. Once the car is under load and in motion there is no intake temperature difference at all. Our FD intake temp is measured at the point (under the UIM)and there have been many discussion on how having a none shielded area around the LIM close to the hot side of the turbos is a greater contributing factor to actual intake temp when measured and before it actually enters the rotor housings.

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07-23-08 | 02:01 PM

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how much would you charge for just the crossover pipe?

i have some other pieces finishing up so i'll let you know and maybe we can work something out.

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11-24-08 | 07:04 PM

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got bored again and bought a T-stat neck from Ebay for 98cents and paid a total of $8.98 shipped for it some pictures

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11-24-08 | 07:20 PM

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wanna do mine for me??

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11-24-08 | 08:28 PM

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I'm attracted to shiny objects...

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11-24-08 | 08:37 PM

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Looks really good. All that hard work was worth it. I'm too lazy. I just had mine ceramic coated with that cool-chrome stuff. Doesn't look as good as yours but for $50.00 bucks it will do.

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11-24-08 | 08:43 PM

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I agree with the cost effectiveness of cerma-C parts. Another member here in San Diego had several parts sent out and i have to agree, it's not bad at all. I just happened to have a lot of time on hand and sand paper and time is available in abundant amount here at the office.
thanks guys for the kind comments.

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11-24-08 | 08:47 PM

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Looks good. Glad to see you were able to polish out the blemish ontop of the Y-pipe.

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11-24-08 | 10:23 PM

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wow, nice job Gabe

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11-27-08 | 09:28 PM

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What dremel parts did you use?

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11-28-08 | 12:27 PM

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Looks good sir

edit, what happened to your thread about awesome deals in the parts section?

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11-28-08 | 12:49 PM

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I always thought that the intercooler pipe that attaches to the TB was plastic and couldn't be polished. Guess I was wrong!

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11-28-08 | 01:31 PM

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I always thought that the intercooler pipe that attaches to the TB was plastic and couldn't be polished. Guess I was wrong!

it is. Greddy offers a after market aluminum elbow that can be polished. Its shorter so you will need another piece to connect it to the IC.

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11-28-08 | 03:10 PM

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what happened to your thread about awesome deals in the parts section?

good question???? who knows. I been having personal issues with my posts being locked and deleted lately

Oh well.

Purerx7----i am using two dremel heads prior to the sanding process and buffing.
I'll take pictures and post them when i get a chance.

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11-28-08 | 03:46 PM

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Dang that looks good!

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11-28-08 | 04:17 PM

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i really need to polish my Y-pipes. here's what it looks like right now...

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11-28-08 | 04:26 PM

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interesting! looks like you have a piece welded in the pipe. what is that??

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11-29-08 | 03:29 PM

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I bet it helps with proper flow

I'm doing the same thing with the Y-pipe in my GTR, to prevent reverse flow from happening and make the merge much nicer.

it's apparently worth 30HP on the skyline, not sure what it's worth on an RX-7 but the Y-pipes are similar so who knows.

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11-29-08 | 03:46 PM

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ingenious idea!!!!

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11-29-08 | 04:29 PM

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interesting! looks like you have a piece welded in the pipe. what is that??

yes, it's just a divider. it only goes up a few inches into the pipe. my turbos are non-seq so we figured it might help. next time i have it off i'm going to polish it up and flow-bench it again. can't find the numbers from when we first made it...

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11-29-08 | 04:45 PM

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that looks like it would help whether you are seq or not.

good job.

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11-30-08 | 04:17 PM

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loooks great i remeber when i did all my polishing .. now lets see a big stinking polished turbo too !!

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11-30-08 | 04:18 PM

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u never used a buffer for non of this ? i knw thte mothers works good just didnt think it could polish it the way it was .

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11-30-08 | 04:23 PM

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u never used a buffer for non of this ? i knw thte mothers works good just didnt think it could polish it the way it was .

no buff wheel was used, the polish mix from Mothers is amazing. With the combination of Mazda's high quality grade of aluminum and final 2000 grit wet sanding leaves the bare aluminum perfect for those like me that don't have access to a wheel.
I'm glad you guys like the result.

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