Hooker Y won't clear....
 

Ok, I installed my Hooker LTs and my Hooker jethot Ypipe. Anyone else have a problem with it NOT clearing that brace? Sorry, I don't know exactley what its called, but its a side load brace (I think) and has indentations for the torque arm and stock ypipe. Maybe i'm just missing something?

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Remove the brace

Mine was thrown in the lake almost 4 years ago.. No biggy

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have'nt seen a aftermarket y- pipe yet for an LS1 that will clear the g-load brace. took mine off with no ill effects yet.

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I just installed a hooker exhaust system last week.We just bent the brace to give more clearence.

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I just reshaped mine with some body hammers. Check out my FLP header install post in this section for photos.

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I guess i'll just beat the crap outa it and make it fit. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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Leave it off, you dont need it.

Find someway to use it that would be more useful for that waste of metal. Maybe try to form it into an aluminum drink can with your rubber mallet or something <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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With some header install kits you get four spacers to lower the trans tunnel brace, why don't you just get enough washers to lower the brace instead of trashing it?

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The bolts for the brace are pretty short and
I found I could only get about 1/4" of washers
in there, and still get full thread engagement.
So you might want to go find some longer bolts.

Other thing is, the Y-pipe to I-pipe joint can
give you a lot of bend; floor jack it up to where you have maybe 1" clearance to the driveshaft (or
thereabouts). Then tighten the band clamp in that
position. Do this with the front Y-pipe flange bolts slightly loose, shims between the Y and any
close spots on the frame and gas tank heat shield,
and tighten everything with all this setup in
place, and you should get away with no banging.

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I bet there is a driveshalft loop setup that would bolt right in and replace that member. If done right you could have a cross-member that clears the pipe and a proper driveshaft to boot.

Anyone know of such a product?

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All good suggestions, thanks!

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by jimmyblue:
<strong>The bolts for the brace are pretty short and
I found I could only get about 1/4" of washers
in there, and still get full thread engagement.
So you might want to go find some longer bolts.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I installed a SLP y-pipe and driveshaft loop on a friends SS and got the longer metric bolts from AutoZone, I think they where 10mm but take one along to make sure.

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My SLP driveshaft loop replaced that brace, and has a lot more clearance. I have the 2.5" MAC ORP, and no problems. There appears to be plenty of room for a 3"pipe. Only bad part is the SLP loop costs around $99, that's alot of money for a loop.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Roberto:
<strong>I bet there is a driveshalft loop setup that would bolt right in and replace that member. If done right you could have a cross-member that clears the pipe and a proper driveshaft to boot.

Anyone know of such a product?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Got a BMR drive shaft loop. Had to elongate the holes where the loop mounts to the brace and put 2 washers between the brace and body to clear the oryp for my MACS. No big deal took about 1 hour. The factory calls that piece a tunnel brace. Loop replaces it.

Bruce

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Roberto:
<strong>I bet there is a driveshalft loop setup that would bolt right in and replace that member. If done right you could have a cross-member that clears the pipe and a proper driveshaft to boot.

Anyone know of such a product?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">BMR makes it, and it should fit with a minimal of fuss <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

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I'd rig it to fit, when I took mine off I noticed that the car was looser.

I now have the Metco loop in it's place.