Hi again,
I am working on the TSP TD kit to my LT's and wondering some things before I get back to work fiddling with the fitment to get it to tuck as high as possible.

1) Can anyone recommend what heat tape and where to place it to protect the stuff from the heat of the pipes.
It gets close to the fuel lines in places and the body and I wanted to make sure heat wasn't an issue. Do you wrap it on the pipe or stick it to the underbody?

2) Another member (Lane I think) mentioned that you can flip the fuel line mounts upside down to get extra clearance.
Has anyone done this, it makes sense cause they are definately in the way, but ive not messed with fuel / brake lines before and they look pretty sensitive.
I imagine that would be bad to kink or break one of them.

3) Is there a guideline used to determine how much clearance from the pipe to the body / TA / Fuel lines etc.. so that you don't get banging or can you just push it almost flush against the body?

4) lastly, I know this is a dumb question, but how can you tell which side of the TSP TD X pipe is up?
I've flip floped several times and neither way looks like it gives better clearance. It's mildly frustrating.

Thanks yall, I know that's alot of (lame) ?'s but I've searched pretty good and havn't seen any consensus on these.

DJ

P.S. I am gonna give my (unexperienced) writeup of these installs (LT's and TSP TD) when i finally get done complete with plenty of pics.

 

Here's some pics.

Notice the fuel lines, and how the brackets are positioned. Also note the TA clearance



Here's the muffler clearance from the side



Here's the L2 Pipe clearance



Here's a little bit further back pic of the mufflers.



Hope this helps.

 

Here are some more.











Hope that helps!

 

2) Another member (Lane I think) mentioned that you can flip the fuel line mounts upside down to get extra clearance.
Has anyone done this, it makes sense cause they are definately in the way, but ive not messed with fuel / brake lines before and they look pretty sensitive. I imagine that would be bad to kink or break one of them.







I had Lane do my duals and yes he flipped the lines upward for more clearance. So they wouldn't be in any way of the heat from the exhaust.

 

Thanks alot guys for the help.
Great pics too, sweet.

I guess the only thing I am worried about here is damaging these lines while repositioning them.
They don't seem to want to get in the position so can I just bend them? I mean I CAN bend them, but they can break right. Logic tells me they are metal pipes so yeah maybe but I just don't know how fragile these things are. And a busted fuel line is not what I want on my repair bill, KWIM?

 

those duals look awsome! how much? and i wonder what the weight savings is?

20-30 lbs.????

and how do you like them..... how is the tone.... volume and resonance?

 

Take the brackets off the body, and just flip them over. It gets to a point where it feels like you've got a lot of force on them, just give it a little bit more and the brackets will flip over. I wouldn't be too worried about breaking them, I did mine in my garage with out any problems.

 

I'm sorry, I just did more searching ["fuel lines"].
It seems just forcing them up is the way to go, no mention of bending.
I'll see what I can do.
Thanks yall

DJ

 

Just flip the brackets holding them to the body.

 

Just got done clamping everything down.
Havn't mounted the mufflers yet, not sure how I wanna do that yet.
But the clearance looks good. It might actually turn out allright.

Thanks for the help folks,

DJ

 

I love my duals M6 Hugger. I've spent a lot of time getting the clearance just right. The mufflers I use are the Sweet Thunder Chambered, so the tone is awesome, and resonance minimal.

Dirty John, just be sure that you force the mufflers up as high as they will go, with a piece of wood across the top of the jack. Drill the holes, then have someone help you mount them inside. I had to go back after the first time I mounted mine and re hang the mufflers.

You'll very quickly learn to enjoy your duals. Congrats on the install

Oh, one last thing, make sure you point the turndowns towards the bottom of the tires like in my pictures. This cuts down on interior resonance a lot.

 

He told me about it and we had to do it for when i went from the Mufflex 4' to the out the back 2.5 TD's.