RE: L series exhaust

[Terry Rudd]

Hi James,   I was AWOL yesterday but I see there's been some good advice from others posted mean time.   You have to restrain the exhaust pipe at least in front of the rear x-member as close to the hole as you can and it has to be flexible enough to allow for the movement in the exhaust pipe as the engine moves around a fair bit on it's mounts etc. and you'd be surprised how much room you need between the pipe and the hole. If the pipe is held rigid then it will resonate which is nearly as bad as hitting - you end up with a nervous twitch by Goulburn on a run to Sydney. I use a truck quality clamp which the flexi insulator is made out of what looks like leather and anchored to the x-member in the standard holes. I tried some cheap ones and they lasted no time at all until the insulator came away, 4 cylinder engines from the 70's do vibrate a lot. The standard exhaust system on a 1600 was only anchored just in front of the x-member and it had rubber ring hangers either side of the rear muffler so it wasn't restrained all that much to begin with. Some ppl have added supports near the trannie but with 4-2-1 headers this isn't easy to do as the collector on mine ends well past the trannie x-member.   regards Terry   -----Original Message----- From: James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2001 9:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Terry Rudd Subject: Re: L series exhaust So Terry   if i were to put a 2 1/4 through the rear cross member, how do i stop it from moving around and making a racket?   cheers   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------