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Originally Posted by #1stunner
when i got my exhaust put on the brace was hiting so he took it back down and put 2-3 washers at each corner of the brace to give me more clearance,and it worked great.the pipes should def. NOT be touching the brace.
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Yeah, I think I did that too when I first put it on last fall, the bolts are really long, could add about 1/4" spacers.
BTW each clamp I had been using from Summit, the band type, weighs .75 lbs. Small amount of weight be it all adds up.
Question for those that did it already: Did they use stainless steel piping or aluminized steel which costs much less? I assume the stainless is the only thing that won't eventually rust out. As for weight, is there a significant weight loss from using aluminized steel?
I don't know what they used back in the 80's, but I had a car done at Meinike and the following year it had rusted thru.
Of lesser importance, did they use 3" pipe from the 2nd cat delete to the mag. res. x? If I had no answer, I'd just have them use 2.5 up to the Mag. res. x, and than 3" from there since the inlet and outlet are 2.5 and so is the factory pipes. I guess Magnaflow makes them with 3" Inlet/outlets also, idunno, but if they did, and you want 3" pipe, get that, than they don't need adaptors at each end, lots less welding.