niscur29

Maybe I'm getting older but....wouldn't the easiest, cleanest, and simplest way be to simply raise your shit up a little bit?

RyanS13

Did you install it on an s13 or s14?

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Pinggg

maybe he wants to be super cool..
but seriously just do driftfreak motor mounts/hoseclamps/or headers like a few people already stated above.

also it shouldn't hang that low with a BC spec 2 because i know mine doesn't and im pretty low.

leung

S13 with SR and nismo mounts. I'll try and snap a pic of my clearance in a bit if you'd like.

RyanS13

I only ask what kind of car because I'm having all kinds of problems with the s13 fitment for the exhaust too.
Like its touching right where the stud is for the back drivers seat bolt, it's like 1 mm away from the diff.

So I'm afraid even if I raise the front up it's just gonna make everything touch worse.
But that might just be because the front of the exhaust is sagging so low, that the back is being pushe up because it isn't level.

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Bushido

pretty much impossible to scrape this thing

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MrFairlady

Holy Shit. I knew it. I wondered Who would do this type of exhaust and Wouldn't you know.....They Are On top of shit For real!!!!

I will def Purchase but maybe change the Tips/Muff

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RyanS13

So I'm pretty sure I figured out what some of my problem is.

The Buddy Club Spec 2's flange where it bolts to the cat is kind of tilted back at an angle. So when I go to bolt it up to the cat, when you start tightening down the bolts, it pulls down the back of the engine in order to get the cat and exhaust to bolt up flat. Kind of hard to explain.

But pretty much I need to I guess get the flange cut the on the Buddy Club and make it more flat weld it back up, so that way the angle of the Buddy Club's flange matches the angle of the flange on the cat.

Does that make sense?


Does anyone know of any good muffler shops in So Cal that will deal with a lowered car? The ones I've taken it to before I put the Buddy Club on the car wouldn't even bother trying to put it on a lift.

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leung

you know how the BC II is in two pieces? did you put the back piece upside down? so the angle isnt correct? But then maybe if that was the case it wouldnt even be able to be bolted up..idk. Why dont you try a new pipe or cat before cutting up a brand new exhaust?

RyanS13

Nah neither piece could be upside down because then none of the hangers would work.

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mitsuracer85

This same thing happened to me when I put a stock cat on my car to pass emissions. I only used 1 bolt on the flange that holds the downpipe to the cat but that really let the cat rotate and drop waaaay down to where I was scraping all over. I put a bolt in the other hole and pushed the cat up as far as i could since there's a little slack in the hole, tightened it, and that fixed it.

In case you're wondering I was using a Trust 3" downpipe, stock cat, no exhaust to tranny mount, and Fujitsubo cat back