Do I need this piece?
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Launching!
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From: Yucaipa, CA
Do I need this piece? I installed my AAP Y-Pipe this weekend and it hangs lower than the stock one. There is a brace that goes from one side of he car to the other that is bolted on right about where the Y-Pipe comes together. The pipe is trying to rest on that piece. It is not a big piece, maybe 24 inches. Do I need to keep this on the car? I would like to take it off to make more room for the pipe. On the other hand, I do not want to hurt thte car. Any help would be great.
Re: Do I need this piece? For now, without serious hook and HP you should be fine... handeling at high speeds or autocross would suffer a little as well as E/T's due to chasis flex. But at your current level I'd guess its very minimal.
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Launching!
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Re: Do I need this piece? So, I am assuming that SFC's would just eliminate the need for it completely. I am going to go ahead and get those as my next purchase. Thanks for all the info.
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Re: Do I need this piece? It's my understanding that that piece is supposed be more of a driveshaft safety loop than anything else. BMR and others sell a tunnel brace that gives more clearance for your pipe and adds some strength.
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Re: Do I need this piece? There is a simple solution to this (I had the same issue)
Buy 4 longer bolts and shim that piece with washers... It will never bang again, plus you keep the safety of the driveshaft loop. It is a $2 fix! (I also bent the exact spot where the pipe was rubbing for extra clearance)
Tommy
Buy 4 longer bolts and shim that piece with washers... It will never bang again, plus you keep the safety of the driveshaft loop. It is a $2 fix! (I also bent the exact spot where the pipe was rubbing for extra clearance)
Tommy
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Re: Do I need this piece? This question has been asked several times before, my answer has been the same. If G.M. could eliminate just on small washer on a car they would, that brace is alot of washers. Keep it and get the longer bolts with enough washers to lower it so it doesn't hit the y-pipe.
Al
Al
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