I went to my shop today...thinking that i wont get it put on with my luck...

2 hours later (after a pizza break) i have a y-pipe and a test pipe...
sounds real nice but might be a little to loud for me...
- i am having some vibration, rubbing and a little grinding....
anyone know what this means?
- will the smell go away after a while
- would it be a good idea to re-tighten the bolts after say about 500 miles?
- and lastly how much horse power have i added to my car with this set-up???



now my set up is...
-stillen in take
-warp speed y-pipe
-test pipe
-greddy evo exhaust

 

Its loud as hell cause A) you have a greddy setup, and B) you have a STRAIGHT through setup now. Cant really do much there. Smell will go away in a few weeks.

Where you feel or hear the rubbing/grinding?

 

Well I know on the 2k2, 2k3 models the y-pipe will bang against one of the braces on the underside of the car. You can simple remove it, or add some spacers for clearance. I'm not sure if this applies to 2k1's.

Jesse

 

The vibrating is probably from the Y-pipe. The smell will go away before too long. The bolts you shouldn't need to worry about since they were put on professionally. Wait til you get your b-pipe. How loud is it compared to mine?

 

its a lot louder then yours steve... oin a scale of 1-10 on loudness prolly like a 8.5-9

Dixit- i feel the rubbing under the passanger and driver seat and some times when i steer...but mostly when i take off the line...(going slow)

 

Your pipe is most likely rubbing against the lower brace.

 

can the lower brace be taken off or is it needed? and if i take it off will it harm anything?
thanks for all the help.

 

If we are talking about the lower brace near the back right before the Bpipe makes that 90* bend then yes.

Dixit

 

just keep the brace on and put some spacers in b/t the bolts so that brace will hang little lower....