Rychen

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I've had my car for a lil over a month and decided to put the rear up on ramps to try and find the cause of a noise I keep hearing, I found it,I think? muffler making noise over bumps and during take off and stopping, the rubber hanger things are looking a little stretched, anyways on to the questions.

question 1. is the drivers side of the Y pipe supposed to be flat? it's about 1 1/2 inches thick .

question 2. whats the ladder bar looking thing that runs along side the driveshaft?

Thanks in advance for your replies and suggestions if any given.

conan

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Q1, yes the y pipe is flat on the driver side for clearance,
Q2, torque arm... To keep the rear and trans straight with each other.

Rychen

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Thanks for the speedy reply Conan.
so I would imagine the replacement of that pipe would give a little wake-up to things.
so i'm thinking my first few mods will be exhaust.
Thanks again.

conan

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I have a 3" off road Y pipe from KOOK's and it's got a flat spot in it too. The exhaust is the best thing to start with. Get some long tube headers and a new Y pipe. Do you have to keep emmissions?

Rychen

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no, no emission worries
lt's, o/r-y, catback and I should be good for starters.

conan

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You already have the ls6 intake on your 01 so a full exhaust will wake your car up quite a bit.

wildbird02

Not sure what exhaust you have. I have SLP loudmouth, and I had to adjust it because I heard noises back there too. The pipe was rubbing around the axle area. You might want to check that area out.

Rychen

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Thanks for the reply wildbird but my junks all stock.
I think the problem is the rubber hanger on the drivers side it looks a little stretched and tatterd so when I do my exhaust I'll replace them then unless the sound drives me bonkers before then.

OMGWTFBODY

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a 150 shot will wake it up.