I recently purchased a Mac off-road H pipe to replace the H pipe I had on at the time, a MAC O/R pipe that I had 2 cats welded up to for e-check.
I tried to put it on, but it was about 3 inches too short. I put it on top of the old MAC H pipe and yep, about 3 inches shorter. I ordered it from e-bay and it was supposed to be for a manual transmission, like I have. I think the rear exhaust I have on the car is for an automatic then. Are MAC H pipes for automatics longer?
So I had to put the old catted MAC H pipe back on. When I went to slide them over the studs on the ends of the longtubes, they wouldn't go! It appears the studs on the longtubes point outward and miss the holes in the H pipe clamp by about 1/16". How should I go about correcting this? Hammer the studs and hope they bend back into place? Can you take pliars and unscrew them and screw in new ones? I suspect they might be bent.
Any thoughts? (My #1 problem right now is getting the old H pipe back on)
I tried to put it on, but it was about 3 inches too short. I put it on top of the old MAC H pipe and yep, about 3 inches shorter. I ordered it from e-bay and it was supposed to be for a manual transmission, like I have. I think the rear exhaust I have on the car is for an automatic then. Are MAC H pipes for automatics longer?
So I had to put the old catted MAC H pipe back on. When I went to slide them over the studs on the ends of the longtubes, they wouldn't go! It appears the studs on the longtubes point outward and miss the holes in the H pipe clamp by about 1/16". How should I go about correcting this? Hammer the studs and hope they bend back into place? Can you take pliars and unscrew them and screw in new ones? I suspect they might be bent.
Any thoughts? (My #1 problem right now is getting the old H pipe back on)