Tri-Y headers toughing Trani housing... should I be concerned???
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Tri-Y headers touching Trani housing... should I be concerned???
I bought a set of Tri-Y header for my 97 JDM-B18C-R (w/ 4.7 Trani) and when I installed it on my car the bend of the A pipe touches the trani housing or more specifically the flywheel cover, causing the end of the header/B pipe to have a downward slope to it. We had to put a jack under the header to pry it up when welding the brackets. I turned out fine but I know there's tension on it. Should I be concerned that in time the vibration might crack my trani housing or is that even possible???
Modified by j_scobar at 8:09 AM 9/26/2008
Modified by j_scobar at 8:09 AM 9/26/2008
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Re: Tri-Y headers touching Trani housing... should I be concerned??? (MurdersV8s)
I think I figured it out; my old D series flywheel cover/inspection plate was made of a thin sheet of metal. My B-Series cover is a cast allow which in turn is much thicker, I'm thinking that I should be able to use the cover from my D-Series which would give me more room for the Header to clear.
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Re: Tri-Y headers touching Trani housing... should I be concerned??? (j_scobar)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by j_scobar »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think I figured it out; my old D series flywheel cover/inspection plate was made of a thin sheet of metal. My B-Series cover is a cast allow which in turn is much thicker, I'm thinking that I should be able to use the cover from my D-Series which would give me more room for the Header to clear.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Bingo!!!
Replace your flywheel cover with one from a GSR or something.
Bingo!!!
Replace your flywheel cover with one from a GSR or something.
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Re: Tri-Y headers touching Trani housing... should I be concerned??? (j_scobar)
I am running a itr tranny and the header rattled against the flywheel cover. I tried shaving down the cover to the point where you could almost see thru it. No dice. Let me know if the d-series cover will work for you. I hope so for both of our situations. 
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Re: Tri-Y headers touching Trani housing... should I be concerned??? (MurdersV8s)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MurdersV8s »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am running a itr tranny and the header rattled against the flywheel cover. I tried shaving down the cover to the point where you could almost see thru it. No dice. Let me know if the d-series cover will work for you. I hope so for both of our situations. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I'll give it a shot when I get back in town, I should be home around the 12th of this month so I'll post the rusults then.
Thanx for yalls help!!!
</TD></TR></TABLE>I'll give it a shot when I get back in town, I should be home around the 12th of this month so I'll post the rusults then.
Thanx for yalls help!!!
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