Too much torque.....
07-19-2004, 11:16 AM
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Too much torque.....
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My car has so much torque (yeah right) the DP bracket broke.
All the weight of the exhaust was supported by the DP. I guess it was too heavy for the DP so it cracked. (sorry the picture suck)
So this morning I was on my way to my friend garage to get it fixed when all of a sudden it broke on the highway.
Let me tell you it was F$%&^& loud. I only had about ~6" of exhaust after the turbo where it broke. The rest of my DP and exhaust was only supported by the two support in the back.
I made it to the the garage without getting pulled over by the boys in blue.
Unfortunatly I didn't have my camera with me to take pictures of my nice custom 2.5" downpipe broke in half.
All that because a stupid bracket couldn't handle the "Vtec, oh **** that's fast".
My car has so much torque (yeah right) the DP bracket broke.
All the weight of the exhaust was supported by the DP. I guess it was too heavy for the DP so it cracked. (sorry the picture suck)
So this morning I was on my way to my friend garage to get it fixed when all of a sudden it broke on the highway.
Let me tell you it was F$%&^& loud. I only had about ~6" of exhaust after the turbo where it broke. The rest of my DP and exhaust was only supported by the two support in the back. I made it to the the garage without getting pulled over by the boys in blue.
Unfortunatly I didn't have my camera with me to take pictures of my nice custom 2.5" downpipe broke in half.
All that because a stupid bracket couldn't handle the "Vtec, oh **** that's fast".
07-19-2004, 02:03 PM
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Re: Too much torque..... (Maxime)
The DP should never be welded on like that. Theres just too much vibration goin on in there so its no surprise that it broke. It should be held on rubber hangers like the way your muffler hangs on. Plus without flex pipe is not gonna help.
07-19-2004, 02:11 PM
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Re: Too much torque..... (swlabhot)
40 pounds of torque will snap steel if nothing "gives". It looks like you have no flexpipe and had the bracket welded directly to the body. Unless you have solid motor mounts, I don't see how it would have lasted very long at all.
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Re: Too much torque..... (beepy)
Well it lasted a year and a half. 
Thanks for the input. I'll try to get in touch with my friend and ask him to mount it correctly.
Thanks for the input. I'll try to get in touch with my friend and ask him to mount it correctly.
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Re: Too much torque..... (Muckman)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Muckman »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh **** thats fast! lol someone link me to that video again. Too funny. 
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Yeah i want to save it this time
</TD></TR></TABLE>Yeah i want to save it this time
07-20-2004, 10:46 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RiceRocket12s »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what video ?</TD></TR></TABLE>
The video that loser kid made of his bone stock Civic and he says "Vtec, oh **** that's fast" when he nails his 8 sec 0-60. I want to see it again!
The video that loser kid made of his bone stock Civic and he says "Vtec, oh **** that's fast" when he nails his 8 sec 0-60. I want to see it again!
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