dont mind the limp wristed thread title.
i have budget y-pipe, cat, and b-pipe, and a HKS muffler. everything fits fine but the b-pipe hits and is basically resting on the gas tank. i have tried just about everything to stop it from hitting the gas tank. what should i do? what did you guys do to make it not hit. maybe Budget is just a poor design?

thanks.

 

Pics? It sounds like an easy fix but I couldn't tell you unless I saw it.

 

yea it does sound like an easy fix
ill go snap a picture

 

that is the right rear wheel on the right of the picture and the gas tank in the middle. you can see where the b-pipe is hitting the gas tank.

 

daaamn that cat is low...lol

Are your exhaust hangers broken? I don't think the pipe should be able to move that far normally. I would say to weld a muffling seperator but I don't think welding around the tank is a great idea

 

yea i would say the cat has about 2.5 inches of clearance.
no exhaust hangers are broken.
what pipe shouldn't be able to move?
i don't really want to weld something to cushion the pipe, i want it so it doesn't bounce around and rub/bang the gas tank.

any other ideas?

 

Why not try better rubber hangers, to make everything tighter

 

My sp2 does the same thing....

so im subscribed

 

i did tighten up hangers with hose clamps. i've tighten up one at a time all at a time, basically every possible way. when the hangers are tightened it pulls the b-pipe up and scrapes along the gas tank. now if the hangers are loose so the b-pipe is almost touching the gas tank it will just bang it really hard when i go over bumps and it ****ken pisses me off

 

Have you tried loosening the bolts and pushing the pipe over while tightening the bolts back up? That helped me out.

 

What type of cat did you put on? Was it the same length as the one you took off? What is the length of the cat?

 

It's a 2peice design so loosen the "midpipe" bolts and adjust it.

 

I cant try that. but i think the muffler will be messed up then.

 

Yeah, I had to get mine fixed when I changed my muffler since my exhaust shop had to add a flange anyways.

 

.....Did the same thing, just loosen at the flanges and reposition the pipe so it doesn't hit anything & tighten the bolts....

 

you have no idea how hard it is to jack up my car so i can fit underneath it hahahaha good thing i dont have a huge GUT

 

i just spent the lat 1.5 hours underneath my car fittleing with the exhaust. seams like the pipe and flange on the muffler is a little COCKEYED and long i might take it to an exhaust shop to see what they can do. i broke a gasket in the process too.

 

my sp2 does this as well. but the sp2 b pipe sits rediculous...i dont know why they dont fix that....
makes a noise when im turning and accelerating left.

 

When I made mine I had a similar problem, only it hit the bracket the lower control arm attaches to. The way I fixed it was, I took a 2x4 piece of wood and shoved it between the bracket and the pipe. Then I heated the exhaust pipe near the middle of the car where its the straightest. I had to heat the pipe all the way around for it to bend. Once the 2x4 fell out from between the bracket and the pipe I knew there was enough clearance. I haven't had a problem with it since. You could try something similar with yours if you have the means.

 

Yeah I get those too. I also get noise from what I am guess is the pipe jumping up and down when I turn the car on...

 

im going to have my dad look at it, but when i get some greenbacks im going to bring it to mineke or some shyt hole like that