18th July 2022, 20:45
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Originally Posted by StewartIngram
The original factory fitted exhausts were one piece from front to rear; replacements seem to be in 3 sections I've found.
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This leads to less rigidity in the pipework, giving just enough flex at the joint with the rear silencer to make positioning very difficult, and leads to the exhaust (straight section) banging on the cross braces across the 'transmission tunne
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l', or the curved joint banging on the corner where it curves up over the rear suspension etc.
I've done a modification a few times now which has been successful. No pics at the moment, but if there is interest I will take some. I'm stripping my old car for spares; having just replaced it with an identical one (same year, 03 plate), which still has the original single piece exhaust.
I acquired (ebay) a simple strap about 6" long with 2 holes in it. One is fitted to a u-bot which clamps around the exhaust joint, the other end clamps around a small u-bolt, which is fitted to the anti-roll bar. The latter u-bolt has jubilee pipe clips either side of the u-bot to help prevent it from sliding along the bar.
This makes the whole exhaust less flexible and can be adjusted for optimum clearance from the body. |
Solve the above outlined by flipping over the cross braces, you get an extra 10mm gap no knocking on the cross braces then.  |
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