Question: How should a bpipe -mod look.

[2lick]

Ok So I have been in the market for a while now...
And I think I finally found the prey:biggthumpup:

But here are my questions:

1) Do some or all oem "mod's" have a weld around them
--- I have seen mods for sale that have 1 seam / and I have seen mods for sale with 2 seam (one hor. one vert) (are these the limited cut down or did they make two kinds)

2) Also a lot of pipes I have seen have a dent next to the stinger? Is this how they are supposed to be? Is there a common reason for this.

3) What materiarials are the 3 componetns made of...
chamber-aluminum(I can polish that up)
Headpipe- cast??? (can I polish it / epoxy paint / powder coat)
manifold-???(can I polish it / epoxy paint / powder coat)

-NICK

 

[Bonzia Bob]

1) From what I have seen yes, all mods have welds around them (vert) Limited has only the horizontal. Except the FX-1, I think they only offer the mod pipe and it has only the horizontal weld.

2)Have no idea

3) Since they are all aluminum you can polish or paint any of them. If painting use, a good self etch primer before paint. You can also have any of them powder coated.

 

[2lick]

ok cause the "mod" i am-might buy has no vertical weld..... so is it realy a mod??? uh oh.......

 

[sjetrider]

the only ones w/ a weld are the ones made from lmtd to mod, an FX1 or an original mod will not have the weld.

 

[SuperJETT]

No, the newer mods don't have the weld, they have a new stamping.

The original mods were just cutdown limiteds so you had a weld.

 

[Bonzia Bob]

Sound like a limited pipe to me, but if you are getting a good enough deal on it, take it to a welding shop and have 1-1/2 inches cut off and re-weld it. TA-DA.......mod pipe:biggrin:

 

[2lick]

cool thanks

so what im looking at is a limited then

 

[Bonzia Bob]

No, the newer mods don't have the weld, they have a new stamping.

Learn something new every day. :biggthumpup:

 

[Bonzia Bob]

cool thanks

so what im looking at is a limited then

I guess with the new stamping, you need to find out how old it is first.

 

[2lick]

It looks old so it must me a limited he must be wrong.... I can get it cut down thougt... cant cost too much

Ok so im at 380 shipped for a "ugly" (needs over sized screws, paint/finsh work)

im trying to go to 340.... Cause I gotta buy screws.....is that a good deal I think so.....

 

[WAB]

Just buy it. They don't get any cheaper.

 

[Idok]

Just buy it. They don't get any cheaper.

listen to the advice of the king jew.....cuz if you dont buy it, he will





and you dont know if you need new screws either, I have one headpipe where they are locked up solid....but the bottm and mid are closed, and the top is 1/4 or so out.....thats where you want it to be..

 

[guiness92]

my mod pipe doesnt have a weld

 

[2lick]

Ok ok Ill wait to hear back form him...

So I guess 380+40(headpipe screws)+50ish(to cut'n'weld)+elbow grease to clean it up.... oh yeah and probably new couplers what ever they cost.... so Ill have like 470 in to it.....

 

[2lick]

im just wanting to know what others would do?
I cant decide on my own lol....

His response

"
you really don't need any special screws... basically you just drill and tap a very small hole through both jackets.... then you just drill a slighlty larger hold and tap that in the outer (and thicker) jacket of the chamber. all i did for the top one is set it up so i put a reg bolt in there w/ a 10mm head on it.. that way you have it can never be stripped.. or lost.. and you arent paying factory pipe the ridiculous $$ they charge for the screws.

the manifold takes the normal sized bolts for a 701 cylinder and yes the bolts are included.. When I got the pipe the manifold bolt holes were larger for a 760. i filled them w/ metal filler and redrilled them. never had any problem with them whatsoever.

i was told it was a mod when i bought it.. and no one i've ever ridden w/ has told me otherwise.

if you want it for $370 shipped, let me know
"

 

[Rickster]

I bought my first limited pipe a year ago for $350, and just bought a mod pipe for $425.

Just buy it at whatever it's going to cost, whether limited or mod, they are worth it.:biggthumpup:

 

[2lick]

Ok its done... Im sending a check

 

[yamaslut]

Ok its done... Im sending a check

you won't be dissappointed..

 

[sjetrider]

if you dont want it for that, I will take it for that.

 

[Idok]

and dont worry about the cut and reweld...just run it as a lim!!!!


the mod application only really shines with porting and higher compression..