Saturday, Nov. 22nd.

i was driving around my county just for a little time with my car and since i was near the exhaust shop where aznbo187 has gotten his ATLP prototype made, i said why not visit them and ask them about the flex pipe.

So i pull in... and... right to work

off with the flex pipe..

this is how it looks..





the worker there said this POS is pretty cheap looking.



he said something about the inside being broken and on the outside, you'll never know.

but hey, i got my little buzzing sound gone.

what did i get it replaced with??



yup.. THAT.. name of it?? no idea... for $65 i say it was alright.

but it comes off of a RSX-S stock piping..

says he replaces most flex pipes with those and fixed broken flex pipe problems..

 

hmmm....interesting.

 

yup.. interesting it is..


says that the springs act like the flex pipe when the engine torques and blah blah blah..

didn't quite get everything as this was still 10 in the morning.. yea.. thats still early for me...

 

Getting my 2.5 piping done soon. Let's see what I gain. I might take off the other flex pipe too.

 

looks like a botleneck. lose any power? gain any TQ?

 

i was just going to order some xs headers but nvm... and lmao at your strut brace mine looks like that too haha

 

thats what i said when i was lookin at it.. but i said.. i'd rather lose SOME power than have this annoying buzzing noise. haven't driven my car hard yet as i'm running a funky setup on my wheels.. lol

well, order it.. look at fsttyms1's headers. says his holds up great. some of us.. like me, are unfortunate.. and yea.. dam LA roads with unusual humps sticking out of the roads like diglets pwns me....


DIGLET

 

i wish i knew a good muffler shop around here. i want to change the Jpipe layout

 

and how exactly does that buzzing sound? does it sound like its coming from the back of your car between shifts?

 

i kno you would

too bad not a lot of interest on the ATLP exhaust...

would've made headers too if exhaust sales went good but i guess not..

 

you could hear it.. drive next to a median with your windows down.. and you hear.. bzpzpzppzppzz.. or like.. a farting noise.. coming from where the flex pipe is..

retightened all the bolts.. lined up flanges.. new gaskets.. and noise didn't go.. so this was only suspect left...

 

its called the muffler and pipe gasket. number 5 on here http://www.oemacuraparts.com/partloc...layCatalogid=0

 

the ATLP was very expensive. had good gains but you gotta keep in mind their is a younger demographic with the 2nd gens. the gains were good, but not 1k good. maybe 800 wouldve scored some more buyers.


as for the buzzing. i dont have buzzing after im warmed up. its only while my car is still cold. i get the angry rasp coming from my tail pipes

 

looks like the RSX-S header to cat has that part too

 

The joint isnt a bottle neck. but i would have rather had a better flex pipe welded in.

 

Y? to what?

 

yea. they had a flex pipe there too for $75.. but i said.. eh, i can always come back cuz its close by..

so for now, i'm just testing this.. see how it holds up. haha

they assured me it'll hold..

kinda being a guinea pig in a way.. haha

 

^ like you always are.

 

lol... except for the mugen spoiler..

i i could

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-performance-parts-modifications-112/atlp-j-pipe-695531/

thats a way better flowing design than the current XS style. i noticed it was a crappy design when i first bought the headers.