irvine78

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i swear...if i have to post yet another thread on this y-pipe..i'll be.....i'll be....damned...

well, the problem is...in 1st gear, under hard acceleration, my y-pipe is hitting the bottom of the car.
it's making this 'cling cling' noise and i can also feel the pipe banging against the bottom of my car.
i'm pretty sure the shop bolted up all the hangers...

anyone else had this kind of problem with their y-pipe?


any info will be appreciated.
thanks in advance guys.

-peace

y2kse

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There are several posts on this, irvine78. You might try doing a search under Y-pipe although that might take forever, or maybe someone who has installed one will help you out.

By the way, how does the Y-pipe feel?

Y2KevSE

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I remember this topic... try searching.

irvine78

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it's pretty good except for the problem i just posted
i thought you had a Y-pipe too y2kse...no?

and Kev...man..that's going to take like next millenium to find that exact thread...HEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!!

Y2KevSE

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Hehehe... I just did a search and found it...

Keywords: pipe bang

irvine78

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you are the true Maxima.org Guru...

-peace

p.s. oh, yeah, i did visit UC Davis campus during my trip last christmas...but did not see you car. which was a kind of a disappointment but heck...i'd figured you went home or something!!
it's a pretty big campus too! i think it's bigger than UC Irvine...

Y2KevSE

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You're welcome... I'm not a guru, only a lurker.

I graduated UCD in 99, so you shouldn't have seen me. Maybe you can stop by SF next time you make a trip up here.

y2kse

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Nope. No Y-pipe for me.

irvine78

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I did go to SF after dropping by in Davis...I still did not see your car!!! maybe you should fix it up a little bit more so i can notice your ride!!!
hehe...

-peace

DOM

Okay, so does anyone have any solutions? Mine does it too. When my pipe was installed, they put those shields back on the new Y pipe. Is this necessary? Is this part of the problem?

irvine78

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i didn't put my heat shields back onto the Y-pipe..
those heat shields are history, baby~~
u don't need them anywayz~~~ hehe...

so, no one has a solution to this problem?

Maxx-s-ter

[QUOTE]Originally posted by irvine78
[I]That's because you didn't ask the Maxx-s-ter!!
The banging comes from the bracket found on the top of the y-pipe, where one of the hangers is supposed to go. The reason it bangs is because the shorter and stiffer flex pipe, when the engine moves under hard acceleration, the movement flows down to the y-pipe, causing it to bang against the bottom of the car. what you have to do is grind the top of the bracket, so it clears. I did mine, but not enough, so I still get some banging, but I need to go with a air-grinder and do it correctly.

irvine78

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Maxx-s-ter
[I]for what we paid for our Y-pipe...this should not happen!!!

WILLSE

i recently bought a y pipe from stillen but on the pipe it didnt have a lip for it to plug into the fron header but fourtunatley i took it to a place that could do weldin so they fixed it right up, i think that they welded my pipe on and i havent heard any clicking ar banging noises.... dont know what to tell u

DOM

I have the Cattman Y pipe. Is this a problem at all? If it is just noise and won't affect my car in any negative way, I can live with it. Is this okay?