Yet another Group Buy: Hot side turbo piping for T5

EDIT(#2): I guess this 'GB' is moving a little faster than I anticipated. For those of you that haven't read the C30World thread yet the fabricator Hector posted on C30World:


Well sure enough Hector posted the item on his website today at a sale price of $195 (plus approx. $30 ground shipping domestic U.S.):

http://www.exhaustdepot.net/c30s40inhapi.html

He said he's leaving town this Friday and will leave the $195 + shipping price up for one week until next Friday 7/3, so that gives people some more time to buy, and he said he won't be processing any credit charges until after a returns so at the earliest Monday 7/6. I already purchased mine and my invoice says he typically needs a "1 to 2 week lead time" to fabricate, so realistically if you wait to order until next Friday, and then worst case 2 weeks after that, and then say another week for Ground shipping, nobody will be receiving them much before the last week in July, so I guess keep that in mind.

So looks like that's that! Looks like we're each on our own to purchase if you choose to before next Friday 7/6 at this price. The fastest GB in history!

Original post:

A cool guy who owns a relatively small fabrication shop in Florida appeared on C30World a few months back and he started fabricating some exhaust goodies for the C30 (he makes a mean looking DownPipe with high flow cat for a really reasonable price! To get an idea of his handywork check out this pic of the exhaust set up he did on a SRT8 Grand Cherokee http://c30world.com/forums/sho...nt=16! Sick!! )

He recently fabricated a hot side turbo piping out of larger diameter pipe that'll be powder-coated (and supplied with 2 silicon couplers and brackets) which would do away with the more narrow OEM pipe and about 16" of rubber hose (not great for dissipating heat of course). The fabricator fitted this on a T5 S40 actually because he couldn't track down a local C30, so I'd think should fit a V50 T5 as well?

A member on C30World installed the prototype on his C30 a few weeks ago and he said he measured an increase psi of 1 to 2 psi across the range. So therefore the piping could equate to a realized hp gain of 10 to 20 hp.

The MSRP on this is $225 plus about $30 Ground shipping within the domestic U.S. (obviously more if Int'l - the seller is willing to ship Int'l but you'd have to contact him for the additional price quote). If we get enough interest (around 20 buyers - we already have about 10 on C30World alone right now) I'm discussing with the fabricator to sell these for about $200 each total - as pointed out on C30World definitely great bang for the buck for a potential 20 hp increase! Install is very DIY as long as you can put the front on a couple jack stands or a ramps (if you have access to a lift obviously you're golden).

Posting pics on SS is too much hassle for me, so see this thread on C30World for pics and all the info you should need. Please post on this thread if you're committed and I'll add your name to the C30World thread. Thanks!

http://c30world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7644

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