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1993laurentian69


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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....?



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What kind of car?   



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Do you have a dual exhaust cross member?



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The car has original crossmember and was single exhaust previously but the crossmember is simectrical on both sides if that helps? :s

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That's good, need a photo though to be more helpful. Did you purchase Impala headers?



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Yeah I did the dual exhaust came with them ill grab a picture in one sec.

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Looks close though. why not loosen headers a bit so you can align things then tighten up once it's all in place.



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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.

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none if which im looking forward to doing

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-- Edited by 427carl on Sunday 24th of July 2011 09:37:02 PM

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Its close  but most exhaust is



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your crossmember appears rusty ? if so might be a good time to deal with the whole issue



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-- Edited by 427carl on Sunday 24th of July 2011 09:37:47 PM

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427carl wrote:

    I'm not sure if you are in Ontario or canada

 There's a difference confusebiggrin



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ontario! I live in ottawa

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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

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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?

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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

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