Thinking about ditching my Pypes O/R X for a Bassani...

georgio440

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The Pypes sound awesome, but no matter WTF I do, I always have a slight leak from the passenger side. I even installed a brand new gasket from Ford, and it does it anyway. I've tightened it as much as I can, but the sound still prevails. I'm starting to believe that it's a result of crappy fitment. Everything went on fine, but I dunno. Even after Ford did the motorswap and bolted up the midpipe again, it still leaks! I've heard great things about Bassani, so I was thinking of getting them. Is it worth it?

The leak is very slight and can only be heard under load at lower RPMs (inaudible at idle and WOT).

 

Winters98GT

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no, take it to a good muffler shop, they can fix it in about 15 minutes. No reason to drop another couple hundred on a new midpip

 

georgio440

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Too bad shops don't want to have anything to do with my exhaust since it lacks cats.

 

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go through and put the gasket in like there is spoce to be, and then like what i did to stop the leak, i got gasket builder strong enough to handle the heat, and put extra protection on it.. no leaks!!

 

georgio440

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SXYXC said:

go through and put the gasket in like there is spoce to be, and then like what i did to stop the leak, i got gasket builder strong enough to handle the heat, and put extra protection on it.. no leaks!!

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Are you referring to a putty-like substance? I actually have some, and it withstands insanely high temperatures (like 2800 degrees). Maybe if I pull off the pipe and coat the gasket with that crap, it'll seal it up.

 

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Yea, that would work. I hope there is no issue with these because I am about to bolt my pypes o/r x pipe up

 

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Nah, I've just had incredibly bad luck with this car. In 6 months:

-Had her broken into (at my own house in an insanely safe neighborhood)
-Needed a brand new motor
-Four days after having the car back with the new motor, some chick hits my car while I was parked (rear bumper)
-Got a ticket for my tints the next night



At least I'll be getting a Cobra bumper when her insurance gets around to paying me (filed the claim two days ago).

 

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Yea, I dont have very good luck with cars either. I just hope there is no issue with these pypes. You got me thinking about it now