Ok guys i know quite a few people are running aftermarket DP's in here and i recently put on my vibrant 2.5'' catless DP. I bought it used and it came with the gasket that mounts between the DP and the "catback." I noticed it looked like the gasket had been leaking on one side of it and checked out the DP to see if i could find the problem. It looked like the flange was not mounted as straight as it should be, like instead of being at a 90 degree angle angle it was like 100 degrees or so. I took this into account when mounting the pipe up on the car and held both pipes up in order to try and get the best fitment possible. I tightened the two pipes as flat together as possible and today i can see that there is a slight gap in between the flanges on the bottom. I can hear the exhaust leaking out and want to know if anyone else has this problem and what can be done about it.

 

Only thing I could think of is take it to an exhaust shop and have them reweld the flange.

Nice illustration by the way

 

Good advice... just take it to an exhaust shop... they'll fix ya right up.

 

yeah that is def. a good way to do it, i need to have them put the resonator back on as well...

 

sounds like you'll kill two birds with one stone.

 

yeah but i just hope they dont charge me too much, they should not considering i had my catback system made there.

 

to fix that? probably an hours work max...

 

**** 10 minutes max. they do good work too.

anyone else even have this problem?

 

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anyone...

 

goto a muffler shop, or cut off the flanges yourself and put a clamp like this for your connection...
http://vertexnow.com/Verocious-Motor...-Exhaust-Clamp

 

HA HA HA!!! Man you make the best exhaust diagrams!!! So realistic!
jk man

 

what sice 16 inch drag radials are you runnig and what brand?

 

dude this has no bearing on the thread, pm me if you really want to know