Clearance Issues With Exhaust Cut-Outs

93gtmustang

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Two garages told me that there would be clearance issues if I where to have them install exhaust cut-outs on my 93 GT Mustang. They where going to be installed right before the cats.
What do you think?
Do they need to be turned downward a little?
Could I install them myself?
My car is not a daily driver.
Mostly drag raced. Short drives, driven to and from the track.
Thanks for all the help!

 

Mustang_Punk

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I had some on my GT, they hung down really low and scraped all the time.

 

93gtmustang

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When you say that they scraped all the time.
What were the type off roads that you drove on? Is your car a daily driver?
Mine's not a daily driver.
I will be on flat highways, no back roads. Basically, most my driving will be to the track and back.
I was thinking, when you lower a car 1.5 to 2 inches, there must be some clearance issues there.
I estimated the cut-outs to hang down close to that distance.
Any other thoughts on this?

 

stangbear427

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If the car is primarily a track car, (and you're so concerned about bypassing the cats) I'd put the catted pipe in the shed and run an O/R pipe, then put the cut outs in front of the mufflers. That's where I've always seen them, facing in towards the DS so they aren't noticeable.

 

93gtmustang

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I'd put the catted pipe in the shed and run an O/R pipe, then put the cut outs in front of the mufflers. That's where I've always seen them, facing in towards the DS so they aren't noticeable.

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I'm not quite sure what you mean.
Catted pipe in the shed?
O/R pipe?
In towards the DS?

 

stangbear427

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Take the midpipe with the cats right out and store it. Install an O/R (off-road, i.e. no cats) midpipe. Install the cutouts just ahead of the mufflers, with the bypass fork aimed toward the DS (drive shaft) so that they look like sleeve clamps.