iHeartTheTouge

so i just got my car on the road today, but the exhaust rapes the pavement like all hell. i refuse to raise more than half an inch. is there any companies besides powered by max that offers a downpipe shorter than factory? i have a project nissan downpipe right now that is clearly not cutting it. any input? check the picture thread for reference. i'm almost tucking rim. thanks in advance for any input.

picked the car up May '06, finished it today. my hard work and money will not go in vain!

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SoCal-s130

Cut and weld.

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Grenade180sx

AMEN. do it yourself that way you know it will be perfect.

Leetheslacker

let it self clearance.

or if you dont like replacing gaskets every week then cut and weld.

Koopa Troopa

Uh, posting pics would help

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silviachik420

i know you dont wana hear this and dont care


but the cars WAY to low in the rear not only will your CV's see hell at that angle but everything else will be out of wack also.... i mean it would look bad ass about 1inch higher in the back right now looks like you are loaded down with a ton of bricks right now


i had my car SLAMED after ripping the greddy full system off and a nice hole in my greddy sump pan i would rather have my car 4x4 then look like a dick dragging my car threw the parking lot...... my .02

SoSideways

Yeah, but there's sensible slamming, with clearance being in mind, and then there's stupid douche slamming, when the owner's an idiot and has no idea why his car's scrapping on everything and breaks his car from the senseless slamming.

Cloud9

FAIL, move to florida and enjoy life there. Some exhaust are lower that others which is why the op is asking about others. I have a greddy down pipe and is see's the cement often, buy i believe the circuit sports is a thinner design.

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Silverbullet

thats the least of what slammed car owners should worry about. He should consider the fact that his cars come from the factory with suspension geometries engineered. The further away the roll center gets from the center of gravity of the car, the worse the car handles.


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But yes, Circuit Sports does make an oval shaped down pipe that does not pass the frame rail underneath the car.

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tanks13

a car is never to low just let it scrape until it doesnt it worked for me but just in case just go to the mufflers shop with a bunch of mexican theyll fugure something out for like 60 bucks i fucking love l.a muffler shops hahahaha

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fliprayzin240sx

How about learning how to drive a lowered car. My S14 was so low, I would catch freeway reflectors when I change lanes with my bumper and rear exhaust flange on my Blitz Nur Spec...

Anyways, back to the OP, personally, I'd take it to a muffler shop and have them cut and reweld it. Itll be cheaper than buying another DP.

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racepar1

Put hose clamps around the exhaust hangers to pull the exhaust tighter up against the chasis.

zaquanh

cut and reweld

240cracker

i had mine cut and welded but i think once i slam it with the wheels tucked its still going to scrape big speed bumps and shit.

i run a megan down pipe.

it deff helped a lot more. i thought about making a gaurd for where it scarpes. mine is right at the test pipe

SoSideways

That's your first problem right there, running a Megan downpipe.

Get yourself a Circuit Sport or Moon Face one and you would hit frame first.

iHeartTheTouge

raising it a little right now, i looked at the circuit sports one and jesus... expensive. gotta pay to play though, i'll probably be ordering that tomorrow. thanks for all the input

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240cracker

i already had the exhaust cut. u think if i put another dp on now it will be ok? (sorry niot trying to thread jack)

SidewayZ-s14

+1
with everyone that said cut and weld.
It's what i did, and problem solved.

DriftMUH

i Third that notion.

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zaquanh

top all those that have there exhaust sitting to low , cut a piece out of your downpipe re weld , problem solved

Landers

Yep i agree, cheapest route.


thats what you need to do op.

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SILVIA_KIDs14.5

i have the Circuit Sports one and its best downpipe i ever bought clearence is amazin i love it

kuruptR

Circuit sports still scrapes at the flange. All DP's have the same exit flange angle so they can bolt up to cat back exhuasts... if you want to push your exhuast up higher, I would suggest re-doing the flanges. Also you should be able to clock some of the flanges to give you more clearance.

silviachik420

learn how to drive a lowerd car???

I used to have a bug that you could barley put your finger under the front beam and could barley fit a quarter under the rear collector.Had a few bagged trucks. I know how to drive lowered cars.

Just the point where the Op is at its just not smart, going down the road (60mph) and then all of a sudden theirs a unexpected steel plate where they had construction and you cant swerve because theirs cars on either side of you.....What are you going to do slam the breaks and hit it sideways and cause a accident or maybe get rear ended by the old lady not paying attention behind you, just cuz you wanted to tuck rim???.... Just saying in the Daily Drive world Shit happens!!!

now if your 16 and just wana slam your shit drive up and down your drive way take pics for silvia so you can be the lowest on the forum then I guess thats the cool thing to do right???

CrazyTrance

Maybe its "too fucking low"... you said it yourself haha

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WangonwWarrior

pics or ban

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sil*eighty

pics or your 4X4'n

silviachik420

ill help the Op out heres his ride



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Matej

Not everyone cares about suspension geometry, not every 240 has to be a race car.

Hose clamps around exhaust hangers

If downpipe sits on ground, get taller motor mounts.

Perhaps larger profile tires, as last resort.

Never raise car, ever.