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trinity pipe... ouch

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got the trinity pipe the other day, and wow, does that make a difference on the stock 2.5r. well... with the new motor saver, and the new pipe, i had to do some tuning, and its easiest to tune with the lid off. well... i was playing a bit too... anyway, i landed it on its back a few times and the new pipe dented into the shock post... its dented in a good 1/4 inch. is this going to hurt me too much?? heres some pics...










is this fixable? do i just leave it? does trinity give replacements for this type of injury? i dont know as it was my fault... the retaining screw just slipped. advice please :shrug:
 
Cap off all openings in the pipe. Fill it with water. Put it in the freezer. The water will expand pushing out the dent.
 
i dont think that is fixable, and i dont know if they give replacements. i have heard that if u put a dent in your pipe that u can fill the pipe up with water and cover up the holes with something and put it in the freezer and it will pop the dings out, but i never tried it.
 
I can't see if it's scratched or ripped.

I was told by a member here that if you cap all ports, you can fill it with water to the top.
Then cap the top and put it in the freezer.
The ice will expand and push out the dent.
You may have to do it a few times.
Watch out that the pipe doesn't expand to much and crack the pipe.

Like I said, I never attempted this myself.
 
wow... 3 answers that are exactly the same within 10 minutes time... no different opinions... this has to be a new record in forum history!! well, this is great advice, anyway. it makes total sense. any ideas about what to cap the pipe with?
 
Sorry guy's. I took my time typing that.
I didn't see your posts.
 
I've done the freezer trick. It works, but to a point. Granted it won't be like new but it will get it to a point where there really won't be much of the dent left. As far as replacing by trinity, NOPE! It's driver error, not a manufacturers defect.
 
Fortunately, I've only ever dented one pipe, but I didn't bother w/ the freezing method because the dent was big, but not far in, so it didn't really affect performance.
 
performance wise, could the dent actually help me? just curious... its in the freezer now...
 
it will only hurt you. You disrupted the flow of the pipe so the power is now in a different spot on the rpm band and probably less power now.
 
A tuned pipe is made to be as close to exact as possible on inside air space. Meaning that it is tuned to that engine for maximum performance. If there is a dent in the pipe. it will change that air space inside the pipe.
 
hey i heard you can fill it with water and cap the ..... oh wait.. ... yea what they said.. yes the dent will hurt you.. a tuned pipe is tuned by the inner chamber size and if you put a big ol dent in it that changes the chamber size.. (fill a 2 liter bottle with water.. then squeeze it to recreate your dent.. and see how much water flows out..) it doesn't look bad but with engines this small and tolerences so close it it a BIG dent.. try the water trick.. or replace it.. but your not gonna get the performance you had out of it.. unless you straiten it out..
 
even if you fix the dent there will be inprefections on the inside wall, your pipe went from tuned, to out of tune.
 
Fill it, freeze it, you won't notice a difference. I know I didn't and I'm one of the most anal people I know. I've had to knock out a few dents in a few pipes from my xxx-nt days with the pipe hanging off the side.

If there was a difference, it was very unnoticeable.
 
I tried to freeze my dual chamber RD Logics Turbo II pipe last night to fix a dent and it did not work. The plug I put on the stinger popped off and a very small amount of ice made its way out of the stinger. The other two plugs I put on the pipe stayed. The pipe is unchanged.

I am going to try again tonight with a more secure plug on the stinger.
 
Ross, use the caps that you usually use to cap off the exhaust and/or carb. Zip tie that to where the header goes. Do the same with what you use to cap off the stinger and pressure nipple.
 
I don't have those caps. I zip tied fuel line to the pressure fitting and stuck a screw in the end. I wrapped a "AA" battery with electrical tape and shoved it in the header end. I just went to a hardware store and got small cork stoppers and I will try to shove one in the stinger. I also got a medium sized rubber stopper to shove in the header end.

I'll try it again tonight with the cork & rubber stoppers and if they pop off I will try to locate this at a LHS.
 
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use the corks and then run a zip tie around the pipe to hold it in. may have to dasie chain a few together to run lenghtwise
 
I just need to straddle one tie strap over the cork so that the cork is in the middle of the strap and the ends of the strap lie on the pipe near the opening. I then tighten a second strap around the pipe over the ends of the first strap, holding the first strap and the cork in the pipe.
 

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