RPI's Sweet Music
03-16-2010, 12:21 PM
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The RPI exhaust is finally installed and it is music to my ears. I was quite amazed how complex is the design and manufacture of the stock system.
The eight cylinders can finally breathe!
Please note campers that the installation procedure, w/jpegs, on the RPI web site is really for the 545i not the 550i. If you are looking for the bracket just behind the cat, don't. It's not there. I would suggest to you all that proper installation requires a series of several pipe cuts in order to insure a precise final fit for clamping. Too big of a slice off the stock piping is definitely a mistake. Of course, if you use the fine folks at RPI or some of the other dealer/installers who work with RPI products, twenty to thirty minutes is probably all that is required, but the rest of us need at least an hour. I used a most trusted mechanic in Freeport to do the work since DIY is out of the question for me, but I did assist!
I heartily recommend that all of you make the change to an RPI exhaust and thank Eloy of RPI for his guidance and advice.
Turn up the volume!
The eight cylinders can finally breathe!
Please note campers that the installation procedure, w/jpegs, on the RPI web site is really for the 545i not the 550i. If you are looking for the bracket just behind the cat, don't. It's not there. I would suggest to you all that proper installation requires a series of several pipe cuts in order to insure a precise final fit for clamping. Too big of a slice off the stock piping is definitely a mistake. Of course, if you use the fine folks at RPI or some of the other dealer/installers who work with RPI products, twenty to thirty minutes is probably all that is required, but the rest of us need at least an hour. I used a most trusted mechanic in Freeport to do the work since DIY is out of the question for me, but I did assist!
I heartily recommend that all of you make the change to an RPI exhaust and thank Eloy of RPI for his guidance and advice.
Turn up the volume!
03-16-2010, 12:46 PM
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03-16-2010, 01:20 PM
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The RPI exhaust is finally installed and it is music to my ears. I was quite amazed how complex is the design and manufacture of the stock system.
The eight cylinders can finally breathe!
Please note campers that the installation procedure, w/jpegs, on the RPI web site is really for the 545i not the 550i. If you are looking for the bracket just behind the cat, don't. It's not there. I would suggest to you all that proper installation requires a series of several pipe cuts in order to insure a precise final fit for clamping. Too big of a slice off the stock piping is definitely a mistake. Of course, if you use the fine folks at RPI or some of the other dealer/installers who work with RPI products, twenty to thirty minutes is probably all that is required, but the rest of us need at least an hour. I used a most trusted mechanic in Freeport to do the work since DIY is out of the question for me, but I did assist!
I heartily recommend that all of you make the change to an RPI exhaust and thank Eloy of RPI for his guidance and advice.
Turn up the volume!
The eight cylinders can finally breathe!
Please note campers that the installation procedure, w/jpegs, on the RPI web site is really for the 545i not the 550i. If you are looking for the bracket just behind the cat, don't. It's not there. I would suggest to you all that proper installation requires a series of several pipe cuts in order to insure a precise final fit for clamping. Too big of a slice off the stock piping is definitely a mistake. Of course, if you use the fine folks at RPI or some of the other dealer/installers who work with RPI products, twenty to thirty minutes is probably all that is required, but the rest of us need at least an hour. I used a most trusted mechanic in Freeport to do the work since DIY is out of the question for me, but I did assist!
I heartily recommend that all of you make the change to an RPI exhaust and thank Eloy of RPI for his guidance and advice.
Turn up the volume!
03-16-2010, 01:46 PM
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I hope I get a chance to have you see it soon, however, on the 3rd, as of now, I have another obligation.
03-17-2010, 09:52 AM
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Today is such a beautiful day. Why am I indoors when I could be listening to dulcet tones of my new pipes? Well, that's why we work for our free time, I guess.
