Kooks banging
12-03-2007, 05:20 PM
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12-04-2007, 05:59 PM
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Jamming rubber hose onto the y pipe and getting the bump stop hanger are just bandaids and at that point you are are basically using the exhaust to dampen the engines movement which is the job that the motor and tranny mounts should be doing... The better way to do it would be install Poly motor mounts... its not that the stock mounts are broken its that they are insanely soft and allow the engine to move all over the place. Poly's still dampen the engine vibration but don't allow it to jump all over the place.
heater hose mod has worked fine in the meantime. I am going to take it to a exhaust shop in the spring to see what they can do 
12-04-2007, 08:50 PM
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You shouldn't need mounts, work the adjustments and you will solve it. BTW, I glued a small hard rubber piece (shock mount cut in half) to the small brace on the floorboard wher it was hitting and it worked great, took all of 10 minutes to glue on with weatherstrip adhesive.
12-05-2007, 05:33 PM
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12-05-2007, 05:35 PM
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You shouldn't need mounts, work the adjustments and you will solve it. BTW, I glued a small hard rubber piece (shock mount cut in half) to the small brace on the floorboard wher it was hitting and it worked great, took all of 10 minutes to glue on with weatherstrip adhesive.
12-06-2007, 12:01 PM
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Yea, but with the heater hose stuffed in there it is just a slight vibration at certain RPMs. Its not that bad but it is a little ghetto and it is frustrating to spend that much and still have this issue. It is fine on the driver's side where a lot of people experience the banging. It is only hitting on the passenger side of the driveshaft tunnel. I have tried to pry it away which has helped marginally but without the heater hose it still rests along the side of the tunnel.
12-09-2007, 08:34 PM
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Check the TA Pics in my sig. I'm running Kooks with high flow cats and never had any banging. Clearance pictures are there as well. Banging should not happen if they are installed correctly. Good luck. I know when mods go bad frustration levels run high. I do run stock motor mounts also.
