i just put a new header on my car, and besides a bad gasket between the header and cat, it went ok. the only thing is this, it fit really really tight and now when i shift the bottom of the shifter linkage rubs/clanks the exhaust. anyone know a way to fix this, besides getting a new header and getting it lower. maybe a different shifter, or some way to seperate it?

 

is it the heatshield thats hitting it? it was the heatshield for me, i removed it and it was good after that.
other wise you could try to modify the hangers to hang the ehxaust a little lower.

 

well, the thing that makes the exhaust high enough that the shifter hits it, is the header, it bolts up to the cat higher up then the 4-1 i had before. i had to take the heat shield off to bolt the 2 sides together.

 

the shifter should be right above the cat, so it should be hitting it, remove the heatshield and you should be ok

 

Well on my integra, i found out that if you use one rubber bushing to hold the cat-back, it lowers it enough where it doesnt scratch a lot, but lets you drive with ease....

 

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i was reading up on about this subject a few days ago so i knew what i was getting myself into, before i went off and bought my short shifter. and the thing that i hear a lot of people were doing was going and getting tyoe-r shift linkage and shifter, they said that you get a better feeling shift, and it doesn't hit anything.

 

can someone clarify what you the above poster said about spacing the exhuast from the shifter using a rubber bushing?

 

you know how the mid pipe has two rubber bushings on each side? all he did was take one off, so it's just hanging by one.