tlmaster1

OK, I HAVE HAD THE HFPC AND J-PIPE SINCE FRIDAY AND SO FOR THE ACCELARATION AND TORQUE HAS INCREASED. ITS SO MUCH FUN TO DRIVE NOW! RICHIE DID A GREAT JOB, NOW I HOPE THEY MAKE MID-PIPE SOON.

02SilverSiHB

Sweet, wish I could have installed my pcd's...that'll be a while till I tackle that again.

justnspace

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a review!?

more like a few words of praise!
lol, but glad you're enjoying it.

with the jpipe, it does not remove the 3rd cat?

tlmaster1

no 3rd Cat!

tlmaster1

i will be posting a video and photos soon!

RL Chi-town

^what he said

02SilverSiHB

yes...it does remove the third cat. The jpipe is one whole piece that replaces the stock jpipe and of course that third cat.

I've noticed a couple times that the jpipe will "kick" up against the car. It's happened like 3 times, nothing big, but just noticed it during hard acceleration when stomping on it at about 40mph.

There's another thread I made with pics down the way...but here it is...kinda hard to see, the flex pipe is kind of where the cat was...

253RL

02 I'd recheck your install! I have no"kick" no vibrations nothing whatsoever, you might want to have that looked at before something breaks...

oo7spy

Motor mount.

tlmaster1

i had a broken front motor mount and it caused the OEM front pre cat to break at the weld. So thats when i did XLR8 polyurtane mounts for a TL and its Solid now! Thats the way to go, cuz the OEM mounts break every 30k or so.

02SilverSiHB

It's not anything that bad, very quick when it happens. Install isn't wrong...really can't imagine how it could have gone wrong, lol...pretty straight forward with the jpipe

You're probably right, makes since. I checked my other bushings, etc to see if I could figure out why I still feel/hear a very subtle clunk when I go over bumps. I can feel it slightly transfer through the steering and started to think it could be a motor mount (only thing I haven't checked yet)...yippy add that to the list of things to fix.

Mattrsxs

I have the V3 j pipe and have zero fitment issues

02SilverSiHB

yeah, if I'm the only one with that kick every now and then...must be a mount

Definitely a good quality pipe they made though. I think I feel most of the added power in the midrange for me.

RL Chi-town

Motor mounts suck balls on these cars.

But warranty covers it lol...

justnspace

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so if no 3rd cat, why do you want a mid pipe!?

mY sLOW UA6

Nice, I want a j pipe now .

23109VC

does the car feel like it is more responsive... or does it just have more pull when it is finally accelerating?

as to the motor mounts - does anyone make poly mounts for our cars? that woudl tighten things up nicely...

tlmaster1

So thats when i did XLR8 polyurtane mounts for a TL and its Solid now! Thats the way to go, cuz the OEM mounts break every 30k or so.

02SilverSiHB

you guys were right...it was my mounts. I had them replaced and no more problems. I also don't feel that bumping feeling through the steering wheel like I did before replacing them.

tlmaster1

02silversihb- did u go with oem mounts or XLR8?

Italiano

Installed Richies HFPC a week ago...really woke up the TL......check out my SIG...im good from the CAI all the way back now.....cat back is more pronounced...the precats are worth every penny!!!!!

02SilverSiHB

just oem ones...I didn't want to have any vibration. They were gone before I put the jpipe and pcd's on. I have 150,000 miles on my car