People give these small pipes a bad wrap because of breakage. How much have these people wasted time "port matching" the inlet, causing the pipe to become weak in that area, is a whole other story... I've had big and small pipes break, just the way it goes with race parts. Agree with everyone else though, pipe must be braced to assure longevity. Whats the correct way to brace these??? I'm not real sure on that, but you don't want to "bind" the pipe up with the brace. It's to be used as a support to keep vibration's to a min. I've used the ARC pipe stated above with ARC weenie pipe specific brace for 2+ years and never had an issue...