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This site is completely free and there are no costs. Please enjoy and provide feedback.On the flange that's pointing up; can you grind on the lower 50% of the flange to help angle it back down ?Another knock on Speed Engineering, the collector on the one header points slightly up, more than the other and due to this the exhaust will hit the transmission crossmember. Looking for a work around. If I dent the pipe it will pass, or I have to neck it down from 2.5 to 2.25 and back to 2.5, or do a smalll s bend down and back.......
I don't get it ? If the pipe is pointing 5 degrees up, why can't you weld the new piece on to correct that ?I do not think that will help since the whole collector for the primaries is pointing up. If I weld this on, sure I can point the ball down lower but at some point it has to come back up so that would mean another ball socket.....
Same here lol. If it’s 5 degrees up then correcting it will put it 5 degrees down toward the ground. I need it to be straightI don't get it ? If the pipe is pointing 5 degrees up, why can't you weld the new piece on to correct that ?
Yea I was thinking that what you suggested very good thought. Or just heat it up and use a pipe to dimple it. All in all though I just hate the idea of having to put a kink or bend in the exhaust around the poorly created headers. Last night I was thinking this was a good chance to change directions and do a turbo lol but now I was thinking maybe I should try and heat and bend that collector down more. If not then yea I think your suggestion is the way to go.... will keep you all posted! Thank you.On the picture with the yellow sticker, you could cut that pipe back and have a shop but a little curve in a piece to weld on the backside.
When I did my exhaust, I went to a local muffler shop with a mandrel bender, put it on the lift and then the owner and I bent and welded everything. Is there a shop in town that will help you out?