Are long tube headers going to rattle?
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Are long tube headers going to rattle?
I have a set of pacesetter longtubes, I'm not willing to install poly mounts, so I'm wondering with stock mounts will the headers/y-pipe hit the bottomside of the car?
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Mine weren't rattling against the bottom of the car. However, they were rattling on the crossmember. I fixed that problem by installing a hanger arm to my y-pipe. I have Jet Hots off road Y. They did not come with a hanger arm.
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Originally Posted by Phoenix64
I have a set of pacesetter longtubes, I'm not willing to install poly mounts, so I'm wondering with stock mounts will the headers/y-pipe hit the bottomside of the car?
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Whether or not your exhaust hits the bottom of the car all depends on the condition of your stock motor mounts. Odds are they're pretty worn, if not completely trashed. My motor would rock over an inch back & forth at idle (lumpy cam) with the stock mounts, mine were trashed. If you want to tuck your exhaust up for the best ground clearance, you need to have mounts that keep the motor from rocking. You're gonna have the headers off anyway, there's never going to be a better time to put poly mounts in......do it, you'll kick yourself if you don't. My $.02
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Originally Posted by jmm98LS1
Whether or not your exhaust hits the bottom of the car all depends on the condition of your stock motor mounts. Odds are they're pretty worn, if not completely trashed. My motor would rock over an inch back & forth at idle (lumpy cam) with the stock mounts, mine were trashed. If you want to tuck your exhaust up for the best ground clearance, you need to have mounts that keep the motor from rocking. You're gonna have the headers off anyway, there's never going to be a better time to put poly mounts in......do it, you'll kick yourself if you don't. My $.02
I agree completely, just do the motor mounts while your doing the headers its actually really easy to do once the headers are off, its worth it for more than just keeping the ypipe hitting, it tightens the whole car up.
Poly motor mounts are cake while your doing the headers, just consider it part of the install.
As for whether they will hit or not, yes most of it has to do with how bad your stock mounts are. How many miles are on the car?
At about 80k miles my stock motor mounts were shot enough that the ypipe rattled quite a bit. There are alot of tweaks that can be done to keep the y from banging but NOTHING is as effective as poly motor mounts.
With the exception of course of solid motor mounts
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79k I hated my poly mtrans mount. I have poly motor mounts, but I have no intent of installing them, Will stock mounts keep them from hitting?
What normaly hits the y-pipe or the headers?
What normaly hits the y-pipe or the headers?
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the majority of cars will have no problems with rattles fat as the headers... the y-pipe and true duals is the problem getting them tucked up enough yet still not hitting the floorboard... nothing some poly motor mounts and bumpstops can't hurt for asurance
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Originally Posted by Phoenix64
79k I hated my poly mtrans mount. I have poly motor mounts, but I have no intent of installing them, Will stock mounts keep them from hitting?
What normaly hits the y-pipe or the headers?
What normaly hits the y-pipe or the headers?
My advice, install the mounts, then send me a thank you card.
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if you do poly mounts, you really need to do both motor and trans at the same time so you dont end up with unforseen issues.
but no, LTs wont bump your bottom, the pacesetter y pipe will though, so dont get it
but no, LTs wont bump your bottom, the pacesetter y pipe will though, so dont get it
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if you do poly mounts, you really need to do both motor and trans at the same time so you dont end up with unforseen issues.
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You can get them from our fantastic sponsor speed inc. http://www.ls1speed.com/catagory.cfm...%20/%20Chassis part #7-512 towards the bottom of the page.
And yes poly trans and motor mounts are totally different. You never want to install a trans mount more rigid than your motor mounts.
I thought it was more because of risking cracking the bellhousing not the tailshaft? Because the motor will move more on softer mounts and the trans won't follow?
and NO YOU DO NOT need to do trans and motor mounts at the same time .
And yes poly trans and motor mounts are totally different. You never want to install a trans mount more rigid than your motor mounts.
I thought it was more because of risking cracking the bellhousing not the tailshaft? Because the motor will move more on softer mounts and the trans won't follow?
and NO YOU DO NOT need to do trans and motor mounts at the same time .
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Originally Posted by Luna
You can get them from our fantastic sponsor speed inc. http://www.ls1speed.com/catagory.cfm...%20/%20Chassis part #7-512 towards the bottom of the page.
And yes poly trans and motor mounts are totally different. You never want to install a trans mount more rigid than your motor mounts.
I thought it was more because of risking cracking the bellhousing not the tailshaft? Because the motor will move more on softer mounts and the trans won't follow?
and NO YOU DO NOT need to do trans and motor mounts at the same time .
And yes poly trans and motor mounts are totally different. You never want to install a trans mount more rigid than your motor mounts.
I thought it was more because of risking cracking the bellhousing not the tailshaft? Because the motor will move more on softer mounts and the trans won't follow?
and NO YOU DO NOT need to do trans and motor mounts at the same time .