I just installed T1R B-pipe and T1R test pipe.

It rattles at low rpm.. sounds like it's hitting metal.. but not sure if it does.

sounds comes from the "middle" of the pipe. where the resonator(spelling) is...

is it normal or mine is installed wrong?

 

it's hitting against heat shields. take your plyers and bend the heat shields just BEFORE and around the S-pipe. i believe it rattles at the flanges of the S-pipe and the mid section of the b-pipe.

had the same problem, bent em, problem solved.

 

beautiful

 

could also be the hangar.

Mine rattles like pennies in a jar when I hit the gas., and at idle. Gets annoying when you're having that in-car pillow talk with your lady right before you drive her home.

Edit - my bad, I thought you were talking about your Spoon N1 again for some reason. scratch the hangar comment


[Modified by Ross, 1:35 AM 1/7/2003]

 

I took some sheet metal shears and cut about 4-5 inches off of the rear shield at the bend. Doesn't rattle at all now.

 

so is it better to just take out the heatshield??

 

Just bend it with your hands. Takes 1 minute and stilll functional.

 

Yep had to do this with my old apex n1.

 

True

 

sorry it's stupid to ask ... which way should i bend it? like upward? or what?

little more detail plz?

 

Easy: use your imagination.

Bend AWAY from the b-pipe so it does not hit the b-pipe.

 

haha i was thinking bendaway. = upward.. and wtf? there must be no rooms to be bent. so i was like umm which way? lolz

well.. that's stupid Q..

thx anyways

 

You can also grab it with a pair of pliers and kinda roll/bend it up.

 

Tried that, still rattled like a bitch.

 

I took out all the heatshield on my car when I install the Toda header, T1 B-pipe and Spoon N1.


[Modified by Type-R Yo!, 11:56 AM 1/7/2003]

 

how hot does your car get in summer??

i wanna take it out but i have no AC in summer.. that scares me

and where i live now is fugging hot as hell

 

I live in Greenville , SC and the temperature here in the summer gets to maybe 100 at the most. In the car maybe 100-115. The center console (carpet and shifter) gets warm and that is it. AC what is that will I use it sometime but 50% of the time I just roll the window down.
Where do you live and how hot does it get in the summer?

 

It doesn't really get that hot if you remove the heatshields.

 

people with T1R B-pipe or any other kind of cat back with Test-pipe that is resonator on it. how loud does your R sounds?

Right now it's really loud.. I think it's almost not streetable at all.

at rpm 3-4 that's the loudest.. damn it. too loud.

is it the test pipe or the b-pipe that is making my R that loud?

when i down shift and rev-matching it almost sounds like open header.

is it normal to be that loud or is there something wrong with my setup?

thx



[Modified by itr1244, 10:44 AM 1/8/2003]

 

It's the straight pipe. No doubt about it. Sounds like a race car huh

 

yeah it sounds pretty crazy..

i dont know if i can keep driving around like this loud DAILY

damn. i think i will have to get silenser.

 

I just installed my t1r b-pipe and have the same problem. It was too dark to do anything about it. I think i'm going to have to cut some of the heat shield off, i won't know untill i get under it tomorrow and can see what going on.