Question on PSP outlet for MMP Stg 3
- Thread starter fmorelli
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First photo of yours concerns me. Those pipes should be concentric and should have a swaged, flair end all the way around the tube. I wrote @Dusty Waterfall this morning with photos, but not reply yet.
Filippo
Looks like the manufacturer may have first swaged the tube, then bent it, rather than bending first, then swaging. Grabbing the swaged end to bend it could cause the deformation you’re seeing. 
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Seeing consistent QC issues like this is enough for me to steer clear of them. Thanks for the pictures folks.
+1 Was about to get a set but these pics have changed my mind. How can you ship that to a customer?
Actually hard to see in my photo, but where mine has the outer bend, it seems to have no bead roll. No idea what happened. Didn't hear back today, so sent another follow-up this evening.Looks the manufacturer may have first swaged the tube, then bent it, rather than bending first, then swaging. Grabbing the swaged end to bend it could cause the deformation you’re seeing.
Filippo
Yikes, between yours and @fmorelli 's, I don't blame people for passing right now or being skeptical. Like I said my customer service interaction with PSP hasn't been the best, but I really wish I could find the pics of my S3 outlets because they looked like they were genuinely made with high quality and care in mind - no deformations, nice and smooth merge and smooth insides, quality welds etc. I wonder if he changed fabricators or something, which could explain the long period of being out of stock. I know he was also very upset about VRSF mimicking his design so maybe he started outsourcing or made a switch in order to make production numbers higher?
I've got a set of turbos coming that need these so I don't know what to do, might have to just go with VRSF if these aren't going to be usable
For emphasis. This is not an "oops my bad" sort of thing and indicative of organizational level failures at PSP.
Rob@RBTurbo
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Looks like it is not an anomaly, at least for the PSP/MMP supported outlet offering. Perhaps it was some limitation set forth on the particular design, or just some under thought on what was considered to be a much more limited producing production run? Just a shame that trying to support another limited product like this can turn into such a headache for PSP, but yeah those Swage/Beadrolls are not looking too grand and need some help. If anyone is of the DIY type though there are ways to fix it, such as grinding up your own tool (ie. vice grips) or following through with other techniques such as this:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23682567&postcount=141
Of course it would take some time and shouldn't otherwise be an expectation- but could benefit everyone in the end.
Rob
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23682567&postcount=141
Of course it would take some time and shouldn't otherwise be an expectation- but could benefit everyone in the end.
Rob
Good point, @Rob@RBTurbo, and hopefully a good tip if others have them. If I was to use them, I'd want a bead all around, since the bead creates the seal by design.
In my case, this just accelerated @barry@3DM schedule on making the stainless steel outlet for the road course track kit he's developing. Since I'm going to be E90 orientation with the turbos, Barry will design up both a 2" coupler solution and a stock v-band solution.
Filippo
In my case, this just accelerated @barry@3DM schedule on making the stainless steel outlet for the road course track kit he's developing. Since I'm going to be E90 orientation with the turbos, Barry will design up both a 2" coupler solution and a stock v-band solution.
Filippo
