Exhaust banging....How did you fix it?
Exhaust banging....How did you fix it? I have searched and picked up some ideas.....but I want some more.
After installing my Kooks long tubes, and Kooks Catted Y-Pipe, I have a tapping exhaust somewhere on hard acceleration......How did you guys fix this?
I don't know where it is hitting. It is only on hard acceleration, and there are no wear marks where it has been hitting.
I have heard that you can get heater hose and wrap it around the y-pipe, or any other close part to stop the banging......is this a "rigged" solution??
I have tried using a pry bar while it was loose, then tightened it up, and it is better, but still there.
Any other ideas???......
-James
After installing my Kooks long tubes, and Kooks Catted Y-Pipe, I have a tapping exhaust somewhere on hard acceleration......How did you guys fix this?
I don't know where it is hitting. It is only on hard acceleration, and there are no wear marks where it has been hitting.
I have heard that you can get heater hose and wrap it around the y-pipe, or any other close part to stop the banging......is this a "rigged" solution??
I have tried using a pry bar while it was loose, then tightened it up, and it is better, but still there.
Any other ideas???......
-James
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Originally Posted by fuseone
or you can take it to a exhaust shop and have them bend the ypipe a little bit to get the clearnce
Mine touches the floor wheile the engine is off, and it vibs bad while its running. I'm just getting a whole new exhaust though, Y-pipe is a garbage setup.
Originally Posted by ONEBADASSWS6
Thats the best option, and the way to do it right.
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i just fixed mine today. one of the cats was hitting a piece on the floorboard. i had to notch out a small section where it was hitting which isnt a big deal and i had to heat up a section of the pipe and bend it in a bit...completely gone now and still stock mounts
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to find out where its banging...have someone go look under the car while you hold the brake and the gas a little bit to say 1500 rpm. just before the tires start to spin...thats how i found where mine was hitting
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Originally Posted by CAMAROZ28AQUINO
to find out where its banging...have someone go look under the car while you hold the brake and the gas a little bit to say 1500 rpm. just before the tires start to spin...thats how i found where mine was hitting
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Originally Posted by 95 Z28
That would work, but I think the "right" or "better" way to do it would be to go with poly mounts. I have poly's in my car, my Y pipe sits tucked up very high to the floorboard, and doesn't bang. That way you don't lose ground clearance.
Poly mounts are a good idea, but the only way to fix it is to have the y-pipe bent down or just get a totally new exhaust, which is what I'm planning on doing.
Originally Posted by ONEBADASSWS6
The problem is that poly mounts won't help anything if the Y-pipe is tight against the floor at all times. They might stop it from moving up and down and banging, but the vibrations will still be there, and it will still be contacting the floor.
Poly mounts are a good idea, but the only way to fix it is to have the y-pipe bent down or just get a totally new exhaust, which is what I'm planning on doing.
Poly mounts are a good idea, but the only way to fix it is to have the y-pipe bent down or just get a totally new exhaust, which is what I'm planning on doing.
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I fixed mine by loosing the entire exhaust system from the header at the head back to the muffler. Then I placed in some 1 inch thick pieces of wood on all the trouble areas between the pipe and the floor board. Re-tightend everything starting from the rear and working my way foward. Removed the wood spacers. No mounts needed though I have some now.
I had a custom y made, and it banged during acceleration and turning on the driver's side. I went back and the exhaust guy installed a hanger on that side, and no more banging.
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Originally Posted by firebirdman469
The exhaust doesn't touch the floor board at all, until I am at full acceleration....then it's hits more than Ike on Tina Turner .....
