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Old 05-23-2005, 03:44 AM
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Wow. Glad I cancelled my order for them.
 
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Old 06-07-2005, 09:19 PM
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bump..... is the new version out yet? i want to get these and wanted to know if they re out yet
 
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Old 07-08-2005, 01:54 PM
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bump for the same ?
 
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Old 07-08-2005, 05:37 PM
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any new updates??
 
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Old 08-09-2005, 02:39 AM
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Sorry I sold the car, but I would recommend the Crawford hi-flows =)
 
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Old 09-01-2005, 12:24 AM
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BUMP for updates - I just ordeded mine.
 
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Old 09-17-2005, 03:09 PM
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Still no dynos?
 
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Old 10-02-2005, 03:29 PM
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any updates with the slimmer Helix hi-flow cats?
 
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Old 10-02-2005, 03:42 PM
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Are they even out? Any pics of what they looked like? I just switched over to crawford cats from RT cats and wanted to see what these looked like...
 
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Old 10-02-2005, 05:51 PM
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are the new slimmer Helix cats out yet?

how does Helix compare to the Crawford cats?
 
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Old 10-04-2005, 03:28 PM
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I purchased the helix HFC's a while back but never installed them due to the fact that they hit the floorpan. So instead, I went with UTR's new Metal HFC's, picked them up during their recent sale. These fit fine, no hitting of the floorpan and they come with a support bracket. Quality is nice and butt dyno says there's some gain.
 
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Old 10-04-2005, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by GUnitCar
I purchased the helix HFC's a while back but never installed them due to the fact that they hit the floorpan. So instead, I went with UTR's new Metal HFC's, picked them up during their recent sale. These fit fine, no hitting of the floorpan and they come with a support bracket. Quality is nice and butt dyno says there's some gain.
do you have a pic of them?....hows the sound of these UTR's?
 
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Old 10-04-2005, 04:24 PM
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yea i have the same question as well
 
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Old 10-06-2005, 03:04 PM
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Exclamation

Originally Posted by azcougarman
Update on the Helix Cat clearance issue. The right cat was up against the underside of the car when bolted in place. Per Neil at Intense Motorsports who sold me the cats; he spoke with a rep at Helix and while they are aware of the problem, the two recommended fixes were to either dent the outer shell of the cat, which I did not want to do or dent the underside of the car. There is room for this because the area where the cat goes is double-walled sheet metal with space between so you end up having to dent it in a little to create a 1/4 inch gap. Hopefully Helix will fix this problem moving forward so that it is no longer a problem.
Let me get this straight: Helix recommended you either dent the car, or dent the high-flow cat itself? That's kinda fugly. Denting your cat is one huge step closer to knocking loose the internals. Once the internals get loose, you'll experience lots of annoying rattling noises, and it might clog up your exhaust altogether.

I've heard a lot about Helix's bad fitment issues. Check out any other car forums, such as www.evolutionm.com, and you'll see what I mean. This seems to be yet another example. As for the new re-design they are supposedly coming out with, it's supposed to have smaller cats? Note that the smaller the cat, the less chance you have of actually passing smog! In fact, most of these aftermarket "high-flow cats" are not enough to pass smog here in CA. Chances are, you'll have to swap on your entire stock setup to pass anyways.
 
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