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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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i've got Pacesetter LTs/ORY+stock exhaust+cutout(right before the muffler)
anyways i've kinda fixed the normal Pacesetter banging problems...like the driverside header and the ORY right under the driver floorboard...but now it seems as if i have another banging problem now but its comming from out back...i think there might be a heat shield or something that's hitting my pipe (the one that extends over the axel), anyways if i remove that is it going to cause any kinda heat problems?

or what if i just put some hi-temp rubber in there to stop the banging...will it hold up to the heat as well?
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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I removed the exhaust(cat) heat shielding on my car. Left the stuff that covers the brake and fuel lines.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:49 PM
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are we talking about the same heat shield?
i know there is one right by each cat...but the one i am talking about is the one wayyyyy in the back of the car, right where the I-pipe bends over the axel?
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:58 PM
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Opps.. yeah, leave that one alone

I'd talk to a good exhaust shop..

My exhaust got tweaked before (big speed bump). The exhaust shop cut that section and repositioned it to move it away from that shield.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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lol leave which one alone?

i pulled out my driverside one when i was putting on my headers, didn't put it back on...how important is it?

and what if i remove the one that i am talking about...the one overlooking the muffler...
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Leave the one that covers/protects your PLASTIC gas tank alone (near the rearend)
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Old Apr 9, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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Just hammer it back a little. A lot of Corsa users run into this problem, nothing a hammer won't fix or at least help
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Old Apr 9, 2004 | 09:33 AM
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I have the same problem. Every time I have the car in for something, be it an oil change or whatever, I have them hammer the heat shield back. That usually works for some time. I'd love to hear a long term solution though.
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My I-pipe banged the gas tank heat shield until I
rehung it just-so. If you shim the pipe away from it
well, before tightening the band clamp, this may do
it for you.
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