CS Mounts and OBX
05-13-2012, 05:20 PM
#21
I did my best with a Sawzall on the Magnaflow setup, but couldn't get it to fit right because of the geometry of the angled Magnaflow intake. Wound up paying a shop $150 to modify the exhaust. Now it fits great.
05-13-2012, 05:34 PM
#22
Even the catted connectors don't fit the stock exhaust perfectly. The collectors are actually closer to the transmission than the factory catted connections (with flanges that bolt to the cat-back). So the slip-fittings aren't on the cut pipe perfectly square. It was tricky getting them on, but about 45 minutes of finagling got them on. Clamps should take care of the imperfections of the misaligned slip-fitting.
The trick was pushing the cat-back as far back as it would go, sliding the slip fittings over the trimmed cat-back loosely, then fitting the flanges to the collectors, and finally bringing the cat back forward and snugging up the slip fittings.
First I was trying to put the slip fittings on firmly without the cat back pushed back and then trying to push the cat-back to the rear while aligning the flanges... wasn't workin.
The trick was pushing the cat-back as far back as it would go, sliding the slip fittings over the trimmed cat-back loosely, then fitting the flanges to the collectors, and finally bringing the cat back forward and snugging up the slip fittings.
First I was trying to put the slip fittings on firmly without the cat back pushed back and then trying to push the cat-back to the rear while aligning the flanges... wasn't workin.
