nick205
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 posted on 23/7/05 at 11:28 PM |
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Indy exhaust mounting problem?
Started thinking about the rear mounting for my Indy exhaust today, but I think I may have a problem...
As the pic shows, once assembled, the silencer doesn't sit parallel to the side of the car. This causes several issues...
1. Needs a very long/wide/big mounting bracket.
2. The end of the tail pipe sticks out beyond the outer edge of the rear wheel.
3. If I force it closer to the bpdy it is going to put a lot of stress on the rest of the pipework.
Is there something wrong here?
What have others done?
 
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donut
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 12:21 AM |
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Looks a bit out to me. mine wasn't perfect either but it was closer to the bodywork than yours. If you have time it may be worth sending the bit
between the can and manifold back to the maker and get them to bend it a little more. Not too much or it will hit the car.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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richardR1
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 01:15 AM |
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I had similar problem with my system. I ended up taking the connecting piece to a friend of mine who altered it to suit. I had to have the link
piece angled away from the car and then got a reverse angle welded onto the other end to create an S shape to the link pipe. This meant I could run
it parallel to the car without it being too close to the bodywork.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 07:17 AM |
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The link pipe needs a tweek. Mac heated his up and used a scaffold pipe to push it round a small bit
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bob
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 10:18 AM |
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Thanks to mangos advice i tweeked mine a bit too,although it was nowhere near as far out as nicks.
Be carefull when you finally mount the can,a few of us have snapped the mounting tab on the silencer maybe because is was too harder mount.
It needs to have a bit of movement
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macspeedy
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 07:55 PM |
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use a rubber 99p exhaust mount from halfords 
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nick205
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 08:59 PM |
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Cheers for the replies guys, I thought it looked too far out.
MK supplied the exhaust system, so I'll speak to them first and see what they can do.
Nick
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mkblade
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 10:01 PM |
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yes mine was out as well ,had to cut a bit off the the end of down pipe as it was too long plus tweak them round a bit to get the right clearance.
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addison
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 10:02 PM |
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just to clear things up, the exhaust in question is not manufactered by m.k. engineering, all though it was supplied by m.k. sportscars.( we at m.k.
engineering only supply m.k. sportscars occasionaly with the odd motorbike engined exhaust) most of our exhaust systems are custom built and fitted to
the car.
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Peteff
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 10:21 PM |
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Will the link pipe fit the other way round, it doesn't look anywhere near right that way round.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 11:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Will the link pipe fit the other way round, it doesn't look anywhere near right that way round.
The link pipe only goes one way female at front , male to rear.
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block
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 01:11 PM |
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I bought my Indy exhaust from MK Sportscars and i had same prob, turned out I'd been given wrong part. Exchanged it straight away and problem
solved.
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nick205
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| posted on 30/3/06 at 10:20 PM |
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long time coming, but I ended up "adjusting" the centre section myself with a gas torck and some scaffold tube. Silencer now sits
parallel and about 2" away from the body work.
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kev R1
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| posted on 30/3/06 at 10:24 PM |
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might be just me but your zorst's on the wrong side!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Grahame L
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| posted on 31/3/06 at 09:46 AM |
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Just for the record Martin at MK engineering custom built my exhaust and although costs a little more than the mk sportscars standard exhaust it does
fit absolutely spot on following the lines of the side of the car like it should. Maybe someone ought to relay these critisisms to MK sportscars
exhaust manufacturer, cos i wouldn't have thought it would take much to eradicate this problem at source before fitting!!
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