355z28

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Alright so over the weekend like everybody else it seems, I started to put on my new hooker LTs got them on but now the y pipe is fighting me its a y pipe from jet hot. But the DS pipe hits on a brace (looking for ideas here)



(thats not rust its mud...)

And im almost positive the pipes in all the way but its to wide???? Wth am i doing wrong just frustrated with this project right now.



so since it hits the support it sits to low...Just $#%#ing confused.

phantomzer0

iTrader: (17)

Mine did the same thing, I just bent the **** out of that brace and the pipe, and now its fine.

bluebeast

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hmm, i have never had that issue... i do know that the pacesetter stuff is sometimes made to clear underneath fbodys...... maybe unhook from the catback and install to headers and then see what happens maybe it will flex from the back...... if its still off some and you can figure it out maybe the muffler shop can make you a slightly curved pipe to make up for the bend without looking too ghetto..... that last part is just a worst case of course and the best way it to try to make it fit without doing anything abnormal

bluebeast

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honestly man......if its the brace im thinking just take the damn thing out of there..... i had one on my 2002 M6 that wasnt doing ****, it was made out of paper thin metal and flexed like crazy anyways.....jerked that crap off in 2 minutes!

355z28

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yeah im half tempted to cut the brace out weight reduction right lmao. Its just i dont understand why im having this much trouble its not like I cheaped out on parts lol.

Just sucks ill take a break from it for awhile...

355z28

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haha this stupid #$@#ING POS half tempted to throw the TES's back on lol.

The y's the same size isnt it??? its just the two tubes that clamp to it are different sizes right??

99.9percenter

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The y spread when it was welded. Bend it back (narrower)

Comegetusome

Yeah when I did my x pipe setup, I just took that brace off. It doesn't do anything.

CamaroRacing12

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yea i took that brace off too... i had to air hammer the subframe in a bit for my x-pipe to fit.....

355z28

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just leave a small area where the transmission cross member bolts up too??

the_merv

iTrader: (88)

Hammer Mod..worked on mine..

emj2006

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BFH and pull your back exhaust the furthest away possible..

SlowGreenTA

Mine still has the brace, cut for clearance, and BFH mod to the top of the Y-pipe. The worst part is, this shows up right at the end of the install when you're breezing through putting it back together, then it laughs at you and makes you do more work to fix it.

RickyMartinZ28

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I had the same problem doing mine. I asked everyone what they did and no one had this issue... hmm...

My only hits on 1-2 shift at WOT... lol

well a little more often than that...

-Rick

landstuhltaylor

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I took mine off as well. I am hanging on to it for when I get a custom setup and I'll throw it back on then.

ckyconan2003

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maybe....the y pipe needs to be flipped around?

Beaflag VonRathburg

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My brace is now in the trash can too. It's a flimsy piece of metal. It can't do too much for the car.