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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 03:53 PM
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I'd go with the Sinister kit...but then again that's probably because I've already got a bunch of their blue stuff under my hood! (PS call them...they have yet to actually charge me the price that is on their website!!)
Good advice, but I ended up going with Mishimoto. I did not want more blue under the hood, and their lifetime warrantee as well as they are Made in the USA, won me over. I have already gotten the pipes and installed them.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 04:47 PM
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Good advice, but I ended up going with Mishimoto. I did not want more blue under the hood, and their lifetime warrantee as well as they are Made in the USA, won me over. I have already gotten the pipes and installed them.
Yeah I noticed and edited my post accordingly, sorry about that...sometimes I jump into "help mode" before I read the whole posting!

That chrome looks pretty good too...

here's a pic of my engine bay...hence the reason I'd go with the blue...
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:26 AM
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Pipes look great man! I'm not understanding how this 90* pipe replaces the stock one with more bends in it??
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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Pipes look great man! I'm not understanding how this 90* pipe replaces the stock one with more bends in it??
The extra bends are made with the boots that attach the pipe. Each boot at the top and bottom are curved to line up with the turbo and the intercooler. It is a fairly straight forward design.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:48 AM
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The extra bends are made with the boots that attach the pipe. Each boot at the top and bottom are curved to line up with the turbo and the intercooler. It is a fairly straight forward design.
Yeah but there are 3-30* bends in the middle to form an overall 90 as if there are things it fits tightly around and the new pipe has that single short 90*. Apparently it works fine, I just cant picture it.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 12:23 PM
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Yeah but there are 3-30* bends in the middle to form an overall 90 as if there are things it fits tightly around and the new pipe has that single short 90*. Apparently it works fine, I just cant picture it.
I will see if I can get a picture of the setup. There was one small bracket corner that I bent back a little, it was sticking out from the battery tray. I could have made the boot flex a little more around this point, but the bend was quick and made everything easier. If I can get pics this afternoon, I will upload them here.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:55 PM
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Here are two pics showing the curves of the "hot" pipe. Hopefully they can help better illustrate how the system works.





Sorry about the "dust" on everything, the trees are exploding around here, and there is pollen everywhere!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:58 PM
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Well that's strange

Do you have a smoke switch
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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Well that's strange

Do you have a smoke switch
It had one when I purchased it, but I have since gotten rid of it. I see no reason to roll coal. Honestly, I love how clean and clear my 6.0 runs.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 09:14 PM
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Here are two pics showing the curves of the "hot" pipe. Hopefully they can help better illustrate how the system works.





Sorry about the "dust" on everything, the trees are exploding around here, and there is pollen everywhere!
Wow that's a tight fit...since I have both the Sinister Oil and Coolant filters, I'd bet that those pipes wouldn't fit in my engine bay.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 11:11 AM
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I see now!
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I am really not trying to find things wrong with this butttttt now when you tear a boot on the passengers side you are up a creek with out a paddle because no one is going to have a boot like that as opposed to stock if something happens anywhere you can go to a local ford dealer and get a boot. Just food for thought.
 
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I am really not trying to find things wrong with this butttttt now when you tear a boot on the passengers side you are up a creek with out a paddle because no one is going to have a boot like that as opposed to stock if something happens anywhere you can go to a local ford dealer and get a boot. Just food for thought.
Defiantly something to be aware of. However, when my old one tore on a Sunday, there was not way to get one until the local Ford shop opened up the next day. Then $100 later, you have ONE new boot that you get to replace.

These seem to be better built, they are built here in the good ole USA, and they have a life time warranty, so I will take the chances on having one blow sometime in the future. My stockers lasted about 11 years, here is hoping that these last even longer than that.
 
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Looks good man. Im wanting to do this with a mishi intercooler. Are the pipes chrome plated steel or really polished up aluminum?
 
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Looks good man. Im wanting to do this with a mishi intercooler. Are the pipes chrome plated steel or really polished up aluminum?
Polished aluminum
 
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