My jet-hot LTs have never fit like they should. The drivers side collector is way too close to the floor board. You can see where it has been hitting the floor and I had to have a crazy sharp bend in my Y pipe just in order to connect to it.




I should have sent it back and gotten a new one, since I hear most people with jet-hots don't have this issue, but that chance is long gone.

So I plan on modifying the header somehow to get the collector down where it should be. I'm thinking either cut the collector at an angle somewhere near where all the pipes enter, then cutting off the flange at another angle to put it perpendicular to the ground like it should be. It needs to be moved down around 2 inches.

The only other option I can think of is heating up the pipes with a torch (since the ceramic coating is pretty much shot down there anyway) and bending the whole thing down.

Any comments on which would be best? I imagine cutting it and angling the whole thing down is going to hurt flow significantly.

Heres a picture of the complete header for reference:

 

Why dont you use slip fit?

 

Either way the Y pipe has to be at a ridiculous angle with how the header is currently.

 

Id just get a piece of pipe that just fits in there. Heat it red hot and bend it like you said. Seems like the easiest way around it, thats me though,

 

My jet hots are the same way. annoying as hell. My pipe hits the lip of the trans cross brace, Ive been wondering if a torque arm relocation mount would solve that.

What mount are you running? Maybe the mount is different anyways since your M6 and im A4, but the A4 tq arm relocation bracket looks like it would help alot of the issues.

I run the hooker y pipe as well with these headers, i cant seem to get it to ever seal. Ive tightened the bolts down crazy, and it still leaks at the collector.

could also just wrap it a few times with header wrap and let it hit lol.

 

What are your motor mounts like?

 

I'm running the UMI tq arm mount reloc bracket.

Motor mounts are new poly mounts. I had the problem with the stock mounts and hoped changing them would fix it, but it didnt move much if any with the new mounts.

 

I think im going to heat it up and bend it down, then cut the flange off at an angle to weld it back on perpendicular to the ground.

 

my jet hots did the same thing, stuck a steel bar in in and bent it down

 

Pretty sure I just trimmed my cross member.

 

Thats what i did also

 

I'm having the same issue, where's the best place to heat it?

 

Isnt the crossmember structural?

I'm planning on just heating it at the bends where I think its going to bend easiest.

 

My hookers are the same way, I adjusted the exhaust to get it to clear