BiggaJ
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Well Jackrod and I got our long awaited CPI side pipe designed specifically for the V4 last night. Picked them up from the Parcelforce depot in Liverpool and took them straight over to see Jackrod. First off, import tax of £54 for two pipes makes these pipes £163 each delivered. Bearing in mind the Samba is £189 ex shop and it does not fit correctly this makes the CPI pipe a good buy.
On closer inspection the pipe has 3 fixing points making it rock steady and comes with all the bits and pieces to fit it. The steel used is a far better gauge than the Samba and being a two stage pipe will relieve a little back pressure thereby hopefully giving a little better performance than the Samba although this will be tested.
All in all this pipe certainly looks and feels substantial and on first acquaintance appears to be better constructed than most I have seen (apart from the Uber RC Predator pipe but this is for the HPI Baja so we won't count it in this comparison).
One last thing, Large Scale RC were great to deal with both on the phone and via email and these pipes took 7 days to arrive from order!! and that includes a weekend. Not bad.
All we have to do now is wait for our new engines!
On closer inspection the pipe has 3 fixing points making it rock steady and comes with all the bits and pieces to fit it. The steel used is a far better gauge than the Samba and being a two stage pipe will relieve a little back pressure thereby hopefully giving a little better performance than the Samba although this will be tested.
All in all this pipe certainly looks and feels substantial and on first acquaintance appears to be better constructed than most I have seen (apart from the Uber RC Predator pipe but this is for the HPI Baja so we won't count it in this comparison).
One last thing, Large Scale RC were great to deal with both on the phone and via email and these pipes took 7 days to arrive from order!! and that includes a weekend. Not bad.
All we have to do now is wait for our new engines!
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