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Old 01-26-15, 06:50 PM
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Default Unobtanium pie cut titanium intake installed.

Before Christmas I went to unobtanium welding asking if they could build me a pie cut titanium intake pipe. Today I got it installed, it looks great the quality is unreal now the question is should I burn it?









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Very cool piece! Yes burn it, you can always clean up up the burnt when you are over it.
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Do i see a NOS port in the front?
Old 01-26-15, 07:28 PM
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Always been a fan of his work. If I were you I would have him fab you up a one off exhaust. His exhaust work is unreal.(As I am sure you know)
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Any shots of the inside? Sure the outside is pretty, but if the inside isn't as smooth as the outside, it's all for naught.

Lots and lots of Thai headers look great on the outside, but are total crap on the inside.
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Originally Posted by 2011slvISF
Do i see a NOS port in the front?
you do!


Originally Posted by Cronic
Always been a fan of his work. If I were you I would have him fab you up a one off exhaust. His exhaust work is unreal.(As I am sure you know)
It's about $3,000 for a custom exhaust, I ended up finding a used ISS forged for $1,100. I was tempted to go for the Unobtanium one but I decided to cheap out

Here is a picture of his 996 exhaust. He did a deadly exhaust for my friends X5 diesel with all of the emissions controls removed.





Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Any shots of the inside? Sure the outside is pretty, but if the inside isn't as smooth as the outside, it's all for naught.

Lots and lots of Thai headers look great on the outside, but are total crap on the inside.
I didn't bother to take pictures of the inside but it's smooth.

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Looks good but for the price I would get the Lems titanium intake tube instead...200 bucks cheaper
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it's only a matter of time to see digital printing put works of art like this in the dustbin. Truly sad to see craftsmanship like this knowing full well its days are numbered.
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dude i used to follow that guys builds when he did post them on clubrsx..where is he posting now? and i think you should burn the pipe..would flow really nice with the "F" blue..and upgrade your cover or paint it
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
it's only a matter of time to see digital printing put works of art like this in the dustbin. Truly sad to see craftsmanship like this knowing full well its days are numbered.
I can attest to the quality of his work. He did a custom exhaust for my last ISF (half Borla / half unobtanium).

I think there will always be the oldschool group who go this way, something about hand built and designed work.

His inside shots are usually pretty smooth Lobux
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Sylvan, are you calgary based?

There are a few ISF's popping up now.
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Looks pretty cool
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His work is quality 5* follow him on Instagram and you will see
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nice! (burn it for sure)


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