I've got a Vitara/Eagle built D16Y8 with a Turbonetics .57/.63 60 trim t3/t04b and a 3 inch stainless downpipe. My concernces are that the flex pipe portion of the downpipe is touching the oilpan.

Since it is the oil pan will this be okay if I try to wrap the **** out of it with heat wrap, or is there a high possibility that I might shatter my oil pan(it's aluminum BTW)?

 

just wrap it, it should be fine

 

i had that problem and i just flattened out the top of the DP with a hammer to make a small gap. the flexpipe touching the oil pan causes and exhaust ground which will cause an odd vibration and have bad long term effects on the motor. i tried the heat wrap too and it just made it worse.

 

Why would anyone put the flexpipe that close? Mine never go on before the axles, even when using a cat. Its just wasted ground clearance, and in this case - an invitation to disaster. One good speed bump and your oil pan will say hello to your stud girdle.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HiProfile &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would anyone put the flexpipe that close? Mine never go on before the axles, even when using a cat. Its just wasted ground clearance, and in this case - an invitation to disaster. One good speed bump and your oil pan will say hello to your stud girdle.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It was a prefab'd downpipe and my oil pan is aluminum so I'm doubtful that it will say "Hello" to my crank girdle. It'll probably just shatter.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ham &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had that problem and i just flattened out the top of the DP with a hammer to make a small gap. the flexpipe touching the oil pan causes and exhaust ground which will cause an odd vibration and have bad long term effects on the motor. i tried the heat wrap too and it just made it worse.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What kind of long term effects do you speak of?