Guys, is it that important to have a flex section on an uppipe? The difference in price of a solid uppipe vs. a flex section uppipe is around $70 ...is it worth it?

 

just buy the helix flex its a good brand and cheap im gonna get that one.

 

yeah but will it even fit for the XT? if so, yeah, helix is what i have and i love mine. no problems what-so-ever. i dunno, i mean, it is important so it wont put stress on your turbo but i know alot of the hawaii guys run PDE uppipe w/o flex which give them no problems at all.

 

If it helps at all, I have the TurboXS uppipe that doesn't have a flex. I've had to get under the car 4 times to try & fix the leak from the gaskets. After the 4th time, with new gaskets and correct torque on all the bolts/nuts, I STILL don't think it's completely fixed. IMHO, get the Helix!!

 

from my experience with using the helix flex, i had it bout a year now and no uppipe leaking yet..........i hope i just didn't jinx my self. from what i heard about the helx flex it causes more turbelence within the manifold-uppipe-turbo, maybe not as smooth as the solid uppipe, but i'm guessing you will have more durabiltiy with the flex joint in the long run......

 

i have the godspeed uppipe, which has no flex, it has never ever leaked on me, since the day it was installed, 2 years ago. It's still in there, leak free.

 

its proabaly because the people who installed it did a good job!

 

I have one withOUT a flex but if I had the opertunity to do it again I might to the flex pipe route... I think that companies started using flex in there pipes due to engine flexing. also it might help stop the dredded uppipe leak!

 

haha yeah it only took me 14 hours hahahahaha

 

lol...Mario & I took about 7 the first time. That was on jack stands & finishing at 1 am. We didn't change gaskets either. I think that was probably my biggest issue, as most if not all of the leak was gone after changing them out. Since I didn't change the gaskets, and possibly overtightened the joints, I may have actually bent the flange on the uppipe-to-manifold joint. We'll see how it goes. I chose the uppipe for a couple of reasons , and I think I'm finally happy with it. I know I can definitely do a complete uppipe swap in less than 2 hours with the car on a lift now!

 

yeah uppipes are easier now, i ended up stripping a nut, and thats what took the longest to get off.

 

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Just think about how many of us had or still have solid up-pipes with no problems.

 

solid PDE. I've had a lot of problems, but fortunately Wes has always made locating the problem and fixing it very easy. Also, look how many times I've had it off of the car. I know for a fact that the installers were the best in the business, so I can only blame quality of product.

Wes, I thought you had PDE up. I must not have been paying attn. Your dp is PDE, huh?

 

Thanks for the input guys!

Yeah Wes, I thought you had PDE up & down? I was gonna go with that combo again because YOU hit 12's with that set-up!

Is that turbulence thing with flex sections something major when running stock turbo/boost? Or is it only with high HP applications?

 

i got the PDE d/p, and a godspeed up