Is it worth it?

[Hagan]

How much is this r&d exhaust worth?

 

[SXIPro]

$250-$275

 

[Hagan]

The guy is asking $290 so I offered $250.

Anyway, would this be a good pipe? Or should I wait for another one? And does it look like all the parts are there?

 

[Maxumflux]

The guy is asking $290 so I offered $250.

Anyway, would this be a good pipe? Or should I wait for another one? And does it look like all the parts are there?

no you need the manifold still....

 

[Hagan]

no you need the manifold still....

The manifold on the stock exhaust?

 

[Hagan]

stock manifold? I thought the manifold is on top of the pipe as pictured???

 

[Pro-pulsion]

What's it for? The parts that say R&D look exactly like a 92 Kawi 650SX stock pipe but the part on the top left doesn't. It doesn't show the brand logo either, I'm trying to figure out how that pipe would fit into an SX engine compartment with that big curved stinger tail since the stock stinger is just a straight addition to the R&D part with the rubber coupler on it. The rest of looks like it would bolt up exactly like the stock SX pipe does though. It also looks like the small length of pipe on the curved expansion chamber was welded on afterward. It looks like a different type of stainless based on the color difference, plus the weld is a lot thicker than any of the other welds on the pipe, and the water injection fitting looks like a small piece of stainless tubing was welded on instead of an actual bard. It could be me not knowing exactly what I'm looking at, but I had a piece of stainless tubing welded onto the stinger for my 650SX and it looks exactly that way. The more I look at it, the more it looks like someone added that off color piece of tubing (for whatever reason) and cut off the part that would use the small rubber coupler for the head pipe. Here are a few pics of my pipe set-up, mostly stock, you can pretty well get the idea how the curved expansion chamber is held up by the small coupler even though you can't fully see it, I have no idea how that added on pipe would fit in there.

 

[Pro-pulsion]

Oh yeah, and what's up with that hole? You can see that it's a hole in it's reflection on the lower half of the pipe.

 

[superjetkev]

stock manifold? I thought the manifold is on top of the pipe as pictured???

you will need an r&d manifold. the stock one has 4 bolt holes, and the r&d has 3.

 

[Hagan]

Thanks Pro-pulsion!


I think I am going to just wait on a different pipe because I have been looking at it and I have no idea how it will fit either?????

Anyway, it looks like that "hole" is a reflection of the other exhaust. The weld looks pretty shabby too!

 

[Pro-pulsion]

No prob dude, as mentioned I have no idea what it's for but it looks so much like my stock exhaust system...just my 2 cents on the thought anyway :shrug:

 

[Hagan]

You think I should just look for a factory exhaust?

 

[Pro-pulsion]

I dunno, what kind of ski do you have? It depends on what you have, what you want to do with it and how much you want to spend.

 

[Pro-pulsion]

it looks like that "hole" is a reflection of the other exhaust.

Good call on that "hole" too, I totally didn't notice the rest of the other pipe reflecting off of it. :biggrin:

 

[Hagan]

93 750sx. Just want it to be a little faster. It feels like a slug...so I was told a prop and exhaust will make the worlds difference.

 

[Pro-pulsion]

That is true, from all the reading I've done so far it seems like if you can find one, a Factory Pipe Products (FPP) exhaust system is the best. I'm not even sure if they make one for your ski but if they do, I would be looking for one of those. Def. go with a stainless impeller, variable pitch seems to be the preference from what I've heard, intake grate and ride plates also have a big effect. Also dropping in a short pump cone makes a difference in bottom end. Read up on this my friend, they test the berries out of everything and offer up the best mods for specific skis instead of the "all around will work on everything" mentallity.

http://www.groupk.com/k750.htm