I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I posted a few days ago about my converters on my pypes catted x failing on the same side. I believe I found out why. When I was looking at the pipe a few days ago, I noticed a series of deep scratch marks on the right side of the pipe up by where it connects to the manifold. During the installs, I believe I recalled the pipe coming a tad to close to the frame, but didnt think anything of it at the time. But now, looking at it, I believe this section of the pipe was coming too close to the frame when starting up and under load (when the engine "wiggles" the most). There is no way to bend this pipe as it is a solid connection and not a ball/socket joint. My car is stock aside from a headswap. I believe this vibration (which I thought was coming from the otherside since I had 1/4" clearance by the trans crossmember) is what cause the cat to fail.
My question is, has anyone had this problem with other aftermarket midpipes, such as the SLP catted X? I would hope SLP pipes have not had this problem. Thanx
My question is, has anyone had this problem with other aftermarket midpipes, such as the SLP catted X? I would hope SLP pipes have not had this problem. Thanx