ae13291

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guys i just put my headers in today, they both slipped in in like 5 minutes, anyways, after installing y pipe i noticed that on the drivers side the pacesetter y pipe is so close to the floor board! i mean i dont think i can even put my finger between it! i also installed the poly motor mounts, but is it normal for it to be so close like that to the floor board? i even loosened the headers and reinstalled them to try to get some more room between there

sic2001

iTrader: (5)

I know what you mean, we had to wrap high heat material around the gas lines that run right there too where the cat was on the Pacesetter/tsp catted y set up I just installed.

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

mine doesent even have cats and i wrapped high heat aircraft tape all over the brake lines and fuel lines. i tried to bend the lines up but they dident move much

DaveX

It's normal. Why? GM royally screwed us on room for the exhaust. If your not lowered you might be able to adjust it down a bit. The problem is there isn't much room to work with. On my car, the Y would need to be oval shaped to have decent clearance on the floorboard as well as the ground.

defenestrate

iTrader: (1)

yeah man your pretty much **** out of luck, there doesnt seem to be a magical y pipe with floor clearance AND ground clearance, just part of having one of our cars. oh well.

sixvi6-camaro

iTrader: (9)

Yeah its normal for the Y to be close to the underside of the car. that is why many Y pipes have a flat pipe section on the driver side and why soo many people have problems with the Y hitting if they keep the stock Motor mounts.

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

thank god i did the motor mounts, i started and drove the car today after LT's and poly mounts, im surprised it dident bang with that little clearance! but i have great ground clearance, better then my stock y pipe clearance, i do hear a very light rattle, i think the catback is either touching the torque arm or the catback is touching part of the panhard rod brace

Trev_SS

iTrader: (17)

The pacesetters tuck up there very well. I have seen hookers and they are not that great. I actually think that the hookers hang to low and that is why they always scraped.

defenestrate

iTrader: (1)

better clearance than stock? what y are you using and do you have any pics?

TORCHD 02 TA

iTrader: (39)

It is prolly a heat shield by the rear end right next to the gas tank

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

o im sorry i meant the torque arm was not to far away from the y pipe when the suspension was loaded! so hopefully the torque arm doesent smack the y pipe, i think its that top bar above the panhard rod that may be touching, ill double check tho

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

let me go snap a few pics, the car is on the ground tho, so let me see what i can get! it is the pacesetter y btw

homerunhtr21

iTrader: (18)

After I got mine all welded up I just heated the y-pipe and bent it down maybe a half inch or so. It wouldnt knock when I was just driving but when I pushed on the gas say to pass someone the torque would push it into the floorboard. Nothin 10 min, a jack, and pry-bar wont fix :-)

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

i remember my stock y pipe scraped every time i came out my driveway, this y pipe doesent do that, but i was also being more carefull too! ok here are some quick pics i took, u can kinda see how close it gets to the floorboard, there was a part on the back where it gets close the the fuel line but i couldent get that with the car on the floor,

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

did u do it with the y pipe installed onto the car with it on the headers??

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

are the clamps i used bad?? there the ones that came with the pacesetter y pipe

Raptor_WS6

iTrader: (23)

just be careful with your car being that low, when i had my y clamped like that and i went down a drive way, it popped the y loose and i ran open header from bobs to my house

homerunhtr21

iTrader: (18)

Yep...just heated it up in two spots and bent it down. Didnt put to much stress on one part and it never knocked again

ae13291

iTrader: (8)

ill have to fix that, i guess ill jack the car up tomarow

defenestrate

iTrader: (1)

i would get rid of those u bolts-pick up some band clamps. you're exhuast might not hit right now, but you are running the chance that the clamps are going to hit. band clamps are cheap at about ten bucks a piece and do a better job, here are mine-