I know without a tune I am not seeing the full gain in not only the LTs but the entire more free flowing exhaust. The thing is I want to wait till I have all the major supporting mods done, and then when I get the Steeda Cold Air Intake(which requires a tune) get it tuned with all the mods at once instead of tuning, then tuning again, etc etc.

 

Ever since I have had the Pypes Cat Back Mid Muffler exhaust put on I have had issues with the exhaust shifting and rattling to where it ends up hitting the car when hitting certain bumps. The major problem was the shop I took it too didn't do the install correctly, I should have known there was a problem when the tech came and said "If it rattles at all come back in a week and we will tighten it down", and as I left the parking lot it started rattling. Anyway since then I had the original shop re-tighten it down, and had a buddy of mine help me tighten it/adjust it at his shop.

After we put the BBK Long Tubes and Shorty Catted X-Pipe on I saw the clamps that came with the Pypes exhaust were in bad shape. For one they are supposedly one use clamps if my information is correct, two they are quite small and don't seem high quality. The center piece in the clamp that allows it to tighten down had busted on 2 of the clamps, so I ordered some new clamps which are a larger stepped design. Ironically these new clamps are also from Pypes, making me wonder why they don't sell their exhaust kits with these higher quality clamps to start off with. But I guess you get what you pay for.


(New on Right, Old on Left, Broken piece bottom corner)

So we took the exhaust apart from the x-pipe back and put the new clamps on and adjusted everything the best we could. Took an opportunity to grab some photos while we worked:


(excuse the shirtless guy in the background, he thought it would be a perfect time to show off his Mustang Pony Tattoo)





So far so good, no rattling and no more melting of my back bumper. And actually after doing a little research I am leaning toward going ahead and getting a tuner within the next month or so instead of waiting to tune it. With Bama's free tunes for life I think it would be the most bang for my buck to get the car tuned to make the full use of the new exhaust.

 

Finally many moons later I was able to get the next piece to the engine mod puzzle purchased. I ordered a BBK 73mm Throttle Body a couple days ago for $379.99 with free shipping from Stage 3 Motorsports. Can't argue with that, only downside is they are back ordered until Oct 31st when BBK sends out their next production batch. Now the waiting begins....

 

I have that same exhaust set ready to install. I'm thinking of pro-actively ordering those better clamps. Are things still good with them? Any leaks? How many did you have to order?

Also, is this the correct item? http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...FfLm7Aod72cAmw

 

You can find those clamps for a lot better than $23. 2 minutes I found them for 16 on Ebay and 15 on Amazon.

 

Can you post a link to Amazon? I can't find them at all on there. Tried searching for name as well as product number.

The eBay one http://www.ebay.com/itm/PYPES-HVC10-Stainless-Stepped-Band-Clamp-/111411472671?_trksid=p2054897.l4275 for example looks like it only comes with 1 clamp. I think I'd need 8 to fully replace the clamps that come with the pypes exhaust.

 

hello, if you mustang is base. Where you bought this hood look amazing, tha scoop is functional or cosmetic too?

Thanks

 

Looking up the wrong name, Pypes is selling TorcTite exhaust clamps made by Walker.

You might want to check with a local parts store also, I paid $11+tax for the ones I used on the FRPP X-Pipe at my Local NAPA store

 

how did this tb turn out

 

The gt500 front bumper always looks good