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Feb 22, 2006 | 09:44 PM

Charlie@LsXperts

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y pipe bangin curious ??

i have read about the y-pipe banging when you do headers, how annoying/bad is it is it really that bad?? anyone know of a makeshift way to fix this. i was thinkin of havin my exhaust man weld a bar from the pipe to the body but it may break? flex pipe at collector? mufflex hanger really work?

Feb 22, 2006 | 09:47 PM

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Usually there is no banging...if there is you just got to go in and adjust it basically.

Feb 22, 2006 | 09:48 PM

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Mine was banging under the seat/knee area. I had a local shop guy get a 6" - 8" hose and pop rivet it to the floor board. So, the exhaust could move freely and not bang on the metal floor board. Worked like a champ!

Feb 22, 2006 | 09:52 PM

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I just got some installed and the y does bang the floor. I'm going to go to an exhaust shop and get them to bend the pipe to fit the dip in the floorboard. Thats what everyone tells me to do. It worked for them.

Feb 22, 2006 | 11:18 PM

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poly motor mounts are supposed to work as well

Feb 22, 2006 | 11:21 PM

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Poly motor mounts cured mine... I think if you tried to weld a support bar from the y-pipe to the body, you would get alot of vibration from the pipe.

Mike

Feb 23, 2006 | 11:39 AM

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I say poly mounts cant be beat as well.For $50 and a day of your time working on your car!

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Feb 23, 2006 | 05:27 PM

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Bangs pretty good, used the Mufflex hanger works great.

Feb 24, 2006 | 02:28 PM

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Take a 4" angle grinder and cut out the part of the floorpan that's in your way. It took me a little while to get it right, but my pipe now has good clearance. My Kooks setup tucks way too well.

Feb 24, 2006 | 03:27 PM

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I just put the mufflex hanger on my car and it didnt work, I am going to try to loosen the header up a bit and put something in between the floor and y and keep the mufflex hanger that way it wont bump and any vibrations should be minimal

Feb 24, 2006 | 03:55 PM

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Mine have never banged.

Feb 24, 2006 | 04:50 PM

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Mine have never banged.

How about a pic of your ground clearance?

Feb 25, 2006 | 01:21 PM

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It Should Not Bang If It Does It Was Not Installed Right,it Just Needs To Be Heated Up And Bent Into Place.

Feb 25, 2006 | 01:49 PM

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Im going to weld a valvespring between the ypipe and floor, or crossmember. My pacesetter y banged horribly, a poly tranny mount and some radiator hose helped, but its not gone.

Feb 25, 2006 | 11:15 PM

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Im going to weld a valvespring between the ypipe and floor, or crossmember. My pacesetter y banged horribly, a poly tranny mount and some radiator hose helped, but its not gone.

How is a poly tranny mount supposed to stop the engine from rocking? The real problem here are the soft rubber factory motor mounts. Replace the drivers side and your done with it. I've been this route. Take it to an exaust shop and get underneath and look for the tights spots and adjust accordingly but you'll need to swap motor mounts to stop the banging. Anything else is just a bandaid and isnt solving the problem. Welding valve spring?!? wtf, Please fix it right.