Anthony,
Mike designed this plane around the short pipe to get away from the long pipe tunnel. And Lots of guys didn't adjust well so to speak of the v2s belly pan. going with the short pipe cleans up the entire belly of the plane. There are also a lot of V2.2s being finished now, so you should be able to sell that pipe. ( I also got a brand new ES pipe in the bag)
Besides do you really want to slice and dice a beautiful 46" sheeted core that Mike and Melissa cut with a lot of love and finesse ???

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I'm with Arch - sell it