Is This The Wrong Exhaust?

[R33Matt]

The other day I picked up a few people and actually had people in the back of my skyline! lol, Usually I never have anyone in the back. I started to take off and then heard a loud banging sound coming from under the car. The sound was really loud and made the whole car shake! I had a look under my car on the weekend and it looks like the exhaust is against a bar under the car. Looks like the owner before me has put some rubber between the bars to stop them from banging. I was just wondering if the exhaust should be against this bar? It doesn’t look right to me? Is this the wrong exhaust for the R33?

Thanks

[skylinecouple]

mmmmmm..............burnt Skyline in the mornin', go to muffler shop, pay $20 and stop your car from burning to the ground. One cut, trim the pipe to an angle then reweld.

[R33Matt]

Oh ok, so you think the exhaust is hitting the ground and its not the other bar? That could be it.. but my car is standard height..hmm,

Its HKS Super Dragger exhaust, i would of thought no modification would be needed. To me it looks like the exhaust should be going around that bar, rather than been right up against it. Is it possible this is for a R32 or R34, or does everyone have there exhaust up against that bar?

[Ryan180]

I had a similar probelm with my car. All you need to do is go to an exhaust shop and they will weld a bracket to the exhaust and then bolt it to the chassis some where.

This will hold the exhaust in place (away from the bar) and stop the vibration

[R33Matt]

Thanks for that , seems like to fix this i will need to get an exhaust place to bend it or make up that bracket. But does anyone know why this has happened? Did the guy before me order the wrong exhaust, like for the wrong model skyline? Surely they all dont do this... My mate has an exhaust on his skyline and it doesnt even go near that bar, goes around it nicely...

Edited March 10, 2010 by R33Matt

[R33Matt]

Just was looking at the type of exhausts you can get, and for HKS you can get it for the R33 GTR or R33 Gts-t, so is it possible the guy before me got the GTR type? and thats why its not fitting 100%?

[R33Matt]

Whoops, posted twice, lol

Edited March 10, 2010 by R33Matt

[Ryan180]

Not too sure there, I ordered a specific model exhaust to fit my car and i still had the same problem.

Remember not all cars are going to be exactly the same and the manufacture of the exhaust could be out by 1degree at the dump pipe which then magnifies towards the back of the vehicle.

Just my 2cents