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Originally Posted by Lobo1186
yes if we are talking about the same diameter pipe. however, If I get crush bent pipe of bigger radius it makes no difference as long as the decreased diameter of the bend is still as wide if not wider than the original outlet for the headers making the point for mandrel bent moot at best.
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I'm trying to be nice here,
but you are just factually inaccurate on most of this..
(And I am going to stage an Intervention to try and save the Boxster!)
If you can't do something nice for the car, dont do anything at all..
(and I define nice as functional in all aspects)
PVC should never be used for intakes...
This is not a sufficient material to manufacture this part from.
Try siliconeintakes.com,
or if you are adamant about being totally cheap about it,
just go to AutoZone, and buy muffler pipe, at least that does not melt a a few hundred degrees F.
Also, exhaust tuning DOES matter, a lot.
(with Porsches, more than with other cars)
And bigger is not simply better,
unless you have a Turbo. Then it only applies after the turbocharger, never before! You will absolutely rob power if you replace your ct pipe with a 4" pipe.
If you want to approach all of your mods to this car with the attitude of
"I thought it would work, so it will" and be defensive to people offering you constructive criticism, this may not be the car for you...
They are very intolerant of poor treatment.
I have always viewed German Engineering as hallowed ground,
and my ever present goal is to maintain their design..
Its like an "art person" scribbling on the Mona Lisa.
If you love the car,
do not use really crappy stuff.
Tried to be as nice as I could,
but I have driven nothing but German cars in the 15 years I have been driving,
and these are the lessons of doing it the other way for the first 10 years..
-Brad