Top-Speed Exhaust Tips Thread.
#31
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Welp...Finally getting new tips made.
Been working with Tony at Fast Intentions and he will be using the 4" double wall resonated tips that he puts on their Infiniti exhausts and fabbing it to fit the TopSpeed 2.25" short pipes (Tony likes to call them "Nipples") . Details from Tony:
"I can modify our current 4" tip down to 7" overall. I will make the inlet accept 2.25" inside of it to slide directly over your current nipples. For the extra 1/2" that I have just cut your nipples a 1/2" back."
Cost: $85\ea. If interested, hit up Tony via email or call FI.
Been working with Tony at Fast Intentions and he will be using the 4" double wall resonated tips that he puts on their Infiniti exhausts and fabbing it to fit the TopSpeed 2.25" short pipes (Tony likes to call them "Nipples") . Details from Tony:
"I can modify our current 4" tip down to 7" overall. I will make the inlet accept 2.25" inside of it to slide directly over your current nipples. For the extra 1/2" that I have just cut your nipples a 1/2" back."
Cost: $85\ea. If interested, hit up Tony via email or call FI.
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Tony did some great work! Unfortunately, I will wait to put these on until Spring. All of this talk about these exhausts rusting has made me curious on how mine will look after winter. Chicago hasn't seen snow or salt yet.
Plus the shop I want to go to doesn't have weekend hours, so my next day off is Good Friday. Hopefully he's open then.
Plus the shop I want to go to doesn't have weekend hours, so my next day off is Good Friday. Hopefully he's open then.
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Tony did some great work! Unfortunately, I will wait to put these on until Spring. All of this talk about these exhausts rusting has made me curious on how mine will look after winter. Chicago hasn't seen snow or salt yet.
Plus the shop I want to go to doesn't have weekend hours, so my next day off is Good Friday. Hopefully he's open then.
Plus the shop I want to go to doesn't have weekend hours, so my next day off is Good Friday. Hopefully he's open then.
Thanks if you can....
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Stay Tuned!
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They look a lot like those "Daytona" tips from Sebring Tuning, but with a much thicker, rolled edge. Round, resonated, double-walled, 20* (?) slash-cut.
I remember when I joined this forum, and members told me (with some attitude, IMO) that no one here just replaces tips. Nice to see they were wrong, and people do consider these details. I'm interested in what's going on here, but need to restrain myself from swapping tips again; to revisit this after an aftermarket exhaust goes on the car.
Anyway, in for the pics on the car. I'm sure they're going to look good. Nice project.
I remember when I joined this forum, and members told me (with some attitude, IMO) that no one here just replaces tips. Nice to see they were wrong, and people do consider these details. I'm interested in what's going on here, but need to restrain myself from swapping tips again; to revisit this after an aftermarket exhaust goes on the car.
Anyway, in for the pics on the car. I'm sure they're going to look good. Nice project.
Last edited by Rochester; 01-05-2013 at 09:37 AM.
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Sweet Law, these are the tip design that FI puts on their Infiniti Catbacks, right?
If I'm reading your posts right, it looks like you asked FI to customize a pair of tips for length, which I understand. But why reduce the neck diameter? If the ID of the neck is just barely large enough to support the cut pipe, then when it comes to welding these things to the cans, you're going to have a heck of a time lining it up properly within the cut-outs on the bumper.
Good luck, man. It doesn't seem like you've got much room for slack.
If I'm reading your posts right, it looks like you asked FI to customize a pair of tips for length, which I understand. But why reduce the neck diameter? If the ID of the neck is just barely large enough to support the cut pipe, then when it comes to welding these things to the cans, you're going to have a heck of a time lining it up properly within the cut-outs on the bumper.
Good luck, man. It doesn't seem like you've got much room for slack.
#42
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I remember when I joined this forum, and members told me (with some attitude, IMO) that no one here just replaces tips. Nice to see they were wrong, and people do consider these details. I'm interested in what's going on here, but need to restrain myself from swapping tips again; to revisit this after an aftermarket exhaust goes on the car.
Anyway, in for the pics on the car. I'm sure they're going to look good. Nice project.
Anyway, in for the pics on the car. I'm sure they're going to look good. Nice project.
If I'm reading your posts right, it looks like you asked FI to customize a pair of tips for length, which I understand. But why reduce the neck diameter? If the ID of the neck is just barely large enough to support the cut pipe, then when it comes to welding these things to the cans, you're going to have a heck of a time lining it up properly within the cut-outs on the bumper.
Good luck, man. It doesn't seem like you've got much room for slack.
Good luck, man. It doesn't seem like you've got much room for slack.
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You're not reading it right. :P I asked them to customize for length and inlet OD. Their tips are 8.5" long with a 2.5" inlet OD, the TS ones are 6.5" long with a 2.25" inlet OD. They shortened them to 7.5" and reduced the inlet OD to 2.25". I also a have 3" pipe from the muffler to the tip so I have plenty of wiggle room.
Customized for length, right. But the ID adjustment doesn't make sense to me. Seems you're expecting to slip the tip over the cut extension as a perfect fit, and then weld. This approach instead of welding the tip to the flat of the can. That's why I said "good luck" in lining the tips up perfectly in the bumper cut-out. Know what I mean?
Anyway... FI gets their tips from Sebring? Good info, Lew.
#44
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Sure does seem like I read that right, then.
Customized for length, right. But the ID adjustment doesn't make sense to me. Seems you're expecting to slip the tip over the cut extension as a perfect fit, and then weld. This approach instead of welding the tip to the flat of the can. That's why I said "good luck" in lining the tips up perfectly in the bumper cut-out. Know what I mean?
Anyway... FI gets their tips from Sebring? Good info, Lew.
Customized for length, right. But the ID adjustment doesn't make sense to me. Seems you're expecting to slip the tip over the cut extension as a perfect fit, and then weld. This approach instead of welding the tip to the flat of the can. That's why I said "good luck" in lining the tips up perfectly in the bumper cut-out. Know what I mean?
Anyway... FI gets their tips from Sebring? Good info, Lew.
I've got a few places recommended to me by local Z\G enthusiasts and I have a buddy from the local Volvo scene (other car is an XC70) who welds along with another who own his own fab\weld shop. I think I'm in good hands.
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