I have just put on new hooker longtube headers and I can't put the next piece of exhaust pipe on because the transmission crossmember is in the way. Any solutions? Ill post a pic if that helps. Custom make a new crossmember....?
oh it looks close on the pictures for some reason but there bascially is no way it can squeeze in there. Its hard to get a picture under the car. My options ive figured so far are: piece pipes around, ive seen people notch the crossmember (not for me), take crossmember off and build a new one? or i dont really know, as to why Im looking for guidance here.
Exhaust shop should be able to slightly "flatten the pipe [if need be] to clear the xmember. Had to do that on the 64 Catalina when I moved the xmember ahead for "turbo 350" swap, your xmember is pretty "punky" w/rust issue, but you can "notch" them then weld in a curved reinforcement pc. that works well too!!!!!!
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Is it going to fit though? It would really suck to ship it then find out it doesnt even fit. It definatly needs to be replaced I was hammering at it today and it is pouring out rust. I was thinking about notching it but it's needing to be replaced
Is it sure to clear my exhaust? And a friend told me I can bring the collector to a shop in ottawa and can bend the pipe under the crossmember. worth a shot?
update! Problem solved= Sledge Hammer. So I finally got the collector on after figuring that if I sent it to a shop to get bent it would probably restrict exhaust flow so I might as well just try and bend it myself. It turned out awesome ill upload some pictures. I dropped the top of the hammer on the pipe instead of using the hammers itself and I got a great rectangular pipe from the flat side of the hammer and the ground which doesn't look too restrictive. So I go to mesure the other collector and it is a perfect fit? The driver side header is a perfect fit to the whole car and required no bending of the pipe. Why would the people at Hooker's do this? Was it a mistake? Pics soon
