Exhaust sitting too low

[applehead]

Hello,took my 1994 sn95 into the shop to secure my catback. A lot of rattling. Now the pipes beteween the cats and the mufflers have a 1 to 2 inch clearance. The shop welded the pipe to muffler end. Do you think they will fix for free?

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[applehead]

Took back to the shop and they said this was normal setup.
Really!

 

[gkomo]

It sort of looks like the midpipe is whats dictating the clearance but could be mistaken based on the photos. What was the clearance before? I'm assuming you are referring to the clearance between the body and the top of the pipes?

 

[AeroCoupe]

Did they make the mid pipes? That looks like they just did not push the exhaust up high enough before welding. Just me but it looks like they didn’t care how it looked just wanted to get it done and put so much clearance between things it would not rattle. I’d call it poor workmanship.

 

[applehead]

This was a Magnaflow aftermarket catback bolt on. I couldn't stop some rattling so I brought in to fix. The cats and pipes are now sitting at least 1 inch lower than before with lots of room to lift into the well or cavity. Practically undrivable. I maybe have 2 fingers between cats and ground.

 

[gkomo]

This was a Magnaflow aftermarket catback bolt on. I couldn't stop some rattling so I brought in to fix. The cats and pipes are now sitting at least 1 inch lower than before with lots of room to lift into the well or cavity. Practically undrivable. I maybe have 2 fingers between cats and ground.

I see you are in San Diego. What shop did you take it to?

 

[applehead]

Dualtone mission bay drive

 

[applehead]

Going to take to Autohaus Munich for second opinion on Tuesday. Can't believe they said this was normal configuration. I also emailed Dualtone requesting a fix or refund. Waiting for response.

 

[gkomo]

Surprised DualTone did you dirty like that... they are usually really good. I've had mufflers welded in there before.

I'm in Pacific Beach myself so very close to their shop.

 

[applehead]

Yes I have also had mufflers installed there. The hope is that respond kindly or they have lost a customer.

 

[Mustang5L5]

On the H-pipe, are you using the factory hangers? Those kinds dictate the hieight it will sit over the ground. Engine mounts also play a role. If the engine is sitting high for some reason, it will angle the H-pipe closer to the ground.

Often times in the past, i've cut the hangers off the H-pipe. I leave everything loose and put a jack under the connection at the H-pipe to cat-back and lift it up to where it's not making contact with anything. Only then will i tighten the bolts at the headers and at the cat back. Usually locks it all in place. Howeber this is using a purchased cat-back and not a custom job.

 

[applehead]

Ther are no h-pipe hangers on my1994 sn95

 

[Mustang5L5]

Then that might be part of it. Need to loosen exhaust at the headers and at the cat-back, lift the center up and then tighten it all down starting at the headers.

 

[applehead]

More pics. Before and after

 

[keel]

This was a Magnaflow aftermarket catback bolt on. I couldn't stop some rattling so I brought in to fix. The cats and pipes are now sitting at least 1 inch lower than before with lots of room to lift into the well or cavity. Practically undrivable. I maybe have 2 fingers between cats and ground.

I had fitment issues with my Magnaflow cat back and ended up having to cut and re-weld a few of the provided hangers to get it to sit where I wanted it to. This was for my Fox so I think your kit would be slightly different but it could be a quality issue with the cat back itself causing it to hang down like that.

The muffler shop should be able to address these kinds of problems so it sounds like there might be some laziness there too.

 

[KRUISR]

If you look at the before pic of the mid pipes going into the mufflers and the after pic of the same. In the after pic, the mid pipe drop down more. If I recall, those pipes should be positioned/offset in a horizontal plain, not vertical.