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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 05:50 PM
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I got a bit of a weird issue here- I have a 2002 Ls1 Camaro and I am trying to swap in the tunnel mount torque arm from sphon into the car and it doesn't seem to want to clear the exhaust.

The car currently has stock Headers, stock Y-pipe and a corsa catback.

I have the normal straight torque arm crossmember from sphon as well as the longtube style one that I picked up for when I eventually swap on Lt headers next year.

BOTH don't clear the factory exhaust...now I know the straight crossmember cleared my old v6 Camaro just fine, so what is the issue here?

When I put the straight crossmember into place I can't get the bolt holes to line up because the driveshaft safety loop hits the exhaust. It looks like it needs to go about another .5 - 1 inch over to the passenger side of the car.

Any thoughts? below is pictures of the setup I have



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Old Mar 29, 2014 | 07:52 PM
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Reroute exhaust? or grab the torque arm crossmember that welds into the subrafme connectors. or maybe even a spacer if its just half and inch but youll have to double check your pinion.
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Reroute exhaust? or grab the torque arm crossmember that welds into the subrafme connectors. or maybe even a spacer if its just half and inch but youll have to double check your pinion.
The easy fix at this point would be to chop the safety loop off because that is what seems to be interfering with the exhaust.

But I really don't want to not have a safety loop. A spaced wouldn't work because it needs to shift sideways not up and down

I'm just baffled by how this is an issue, I know it fit my v6 fine, and I bought it off a guy with a v8 that used it before me and he was fine... and this car was bone stock when I bought it, so it's not like someone maybe half *** did something and screwed it up...
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Old Mar 30, 2014 | 05:12 PM
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Am I really the only one to encounter this?
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Mike I gave you a couple of suggestions on CCFBG
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here is a few photos of the issue, you can see below that the bar isn't lined up with the bolts from both the left /right perspective and the up/down perspective due to the loop hitting the exhaust

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Old Apr 3, 2014 | 01:03 PM
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I recently swapped out my torque arm, and since my (custom) y-pipe was an issue, I just went ahead and redid my exhaust. It was ugly under there anyway, and now things look great.
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