Today on the way to work it sounded like my exhaust pipe was draging on the ground. So I jack up the car when I get home from work and I find this





1 weld in the corner left so I pull out a screw driver and a bfh and pop off the top shield



Sounds better now, but there is still a rattle, whether it is in the cat or header or what not, its not bad and I can cover it up with the radio

Rotated my tires while I was at it too... AC jack roxors

 

Just go back to open header, then you won't hear any rattles

MugenMike, who also had to rotate tires (and should take out a little camber )

 

That jack is the ish though, thanks for letting me borrow it

 

nice camber wear!

 

I want that jack!

 

Ill take the calipers too!

 

Hell yeah it is... best part is the bottom is a solid plate about 1/4 of an inch from the ground. That way when you us it in the grass (ie Camp We-Todd) it does not sink in the ground


[Modified by AssPenny, 11:13 PM 12/2/2002]

 

What? No open header?

 

LMAO!

1234567890

 

how much is that jack?

 

must not have been an SMSP cat.

 

 

Sorry, its a little loud driving to work, and as much as I try to convince myself... chicks DON'T dig it

It was from a group buy on here a while ago... I think it was like 180 shipped or something like that, then 10 bux more for that ghey rubber bad that does not fit and collects dust on the bottom of my tool chest

It was a carsound from some where, not sure, but I know it was not SMSP. I already had the cat on the car when I saw how he added more welds (my dad has a spot welder, would have been cake), but I was too damn lazzy to take it off (that top b-pipe bolt is a pita).

Oh well, I'm sure more things will evently fall off too Damn ware items

Craig - Who needs to do a 30k mile toon up soon


[Modified by AssPenny, 12:24 AM 12/3/2002]

 

Sorry for the OT, but what tools are you guys using to hit that third top bolt? Without removing the b-pipe and cat, I really don't see a way to get it perfectly tight with the little space given. I ended up using a ratchet and a hinged extension so that it could get to that bolt, but it was still a bitch because I could barely turn the damn thing a couple millimeters at a time. thanks for the info

 

you have very flexible fingers.


[Modified by Calavera, 11:20 PM 12/2/2002]

 

Negative camber 0wnz

 

Hahaha wh0a! camber.

 

...looks like the hatchcrap!

 

That ain't no RRRR, that's a mazda!!

 

I bet you your interior is going to be a lot warmer in the future without the heatshield on that cat. Careful that you don't melt anything or set the ground on fire when you park your car in longer grass (i.e. WeTodd picnic style)

 

i had the same problem with my heat sheild, started rattling like crazy.
so i took it off. now my car is so quite and i had no problem so far.
i live in canada and its more cold here so i think that helps my car from heating up.
when i drive my car in the winter, it sort of feels like i have a Aem intake..

 

That looks just like what my Random Technology catalytic converter looked like a few years ago. I just had a shop weld the heat shield back on. I figure it was there for a purpose, so might as well keep it on there.

If you still have some rattles, it might be coming from some loose chunks of honeycomb bouncing around inside your cat. Remove the cat and dump all that garbage out before it gets lodged in your piping somewhere and blocks up your exhaust. Once that happens, you won't have any power past 4000 rpms.

 

Are you planning to sell that cat heatshield?

 

ummm no, i plan on welding it back on if i ever get off my lazy *** and take the cat off

 

Damn