WHAT'S A GOOD SIDE PIPE?

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Harold Bascom

Harold Bascom

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I recently invested in a Rovan 305a Baja 5b buggy and immediately started lining up upgrades. Sent for a push/pull steering system, a 990 Walbro carb, a kill switch, and a set of spare screws and clips. (It's a very 'clippy' vehicle. Lol)

It carries a humongous pipe that Gawdawful noisy. I need to change it to a side pipe. Can anyone recommend a decent side pipe that would fit this buggy?photo_editor_ds_1566045764936.webp
 
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Harold Bascom said:
I recently invested in a Rovan 305a Baja 5b buggy and immediately started lining up upgrades. Sent for a push/pull steering system, a 990 Walbro carb, a kill switch, and a set of spare screws and clips. (It's a very 'clippy' vehicle. Lol)

It carries Carrie's a humongous pipe that Gawdawful noisy. I need to change it to a side pipe. Can anyone recommend a decent side pipe that would fit this buggy?View attachment 52886
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I don't know what your going on about but that pipe sounds awesome lol. But Victory rc makes great side pipes, there's bartolone, Theres olimat, and booster makes a side pipe (you can find that at Detroit performance RC.com). Also there's S.H custom pipes that could do I think, but that's overseas and are custom so will take a little while.
Also nice buggy, that's the almost exact same as my Baja when it was stock, mine just had the orange, yellow and I think black body.
 
dougstar said:
don't think it would it would be any less noisy but? than the dominator that's on there
Bart's are the best but??
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The reason why I'm considering a side pipe is, I've looked at a You Tube review of the very Rovan I bought and it showed that the huge, stock pipe got bent on its first wheelie. (That's why, one of the things I ordered, is a metal rear bumper.

And about the loudness: After running my Redcat Rampage XR for three years and got used to its sound, the sound of the Rovan pipe was like Redcat running without a pipe: ear-shattering. But I can get used to it. Don't know about the neighbors. Lol
 
Harold Bascom said:
The reason why I'm considering a side pipe is, I've looked at a You Tube review of the very Rovan I bought and it showed that the huge, stock pipe got bent on its first wheelie. (That's why, one of the things I ordered, is a metal rear bumper.

And about the loudness: After running my Redcat Rampage XR for three years and got used to its sound, the sound of the Rovan pipe was like Redcat running without a pipe: ear-shattering. But I can get used to it. Don't know about the neighbors. Lol
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Nieghbors will get used to it one way or another ??
 
Harold Bascom said:
'Freaking expensive' is the understatement of the day. I'm not going to invest $440 on a rig and spend an excess of $200 on a pipe. Call me cheap, but no way Jose. There must be decent pipes INSIDE a hundred bucks that I might find. Fingers crossed.
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Well yeah there are but they certainly arent good ?? you could probably find a decent used one for cheap and then clean it out and use it. You also got to consider that pipes cost alot becuase of the meterial cost, labor to make em, then r&d all add up. But if you don't want to spend that much then all good, not gunna kick your nuts about it.
 
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