Ams downpipe rubbing tc ?
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Ams downpipe rubbing tc ?
So have a bunch of stuff on my car, have a full TBE from ams, well when we where tuning the car, we where getting all kinds of knock, tried and tried to get the knock to go away just would not, come to find out my down pipe under a load is rubbing up agasint the TC, you an see the mark clear as day, know just sitting there it looks fine clears no problem, not sure what to do any suggestions ? i am going to give AMS a call in the morning just wanted to see if anyone else had similar issues , and what they did to solve it
suggestion: buy a thin flange (whatever u think might be needed to clear the tc), and sandwich it inbetween the dp flange and the o2 housing with 2 gaskets.......lol, here is the order
o2 housing
gasket
flange
gasket
downpipe
btw with the above u might start hitting the front lower bar, so u will probably need to space it out as well with a washer or so.
and...gl!
o2 housing
gasket
flange
gasket
downpipe
btw with the above u might start hitting the front lower bar, so u will probably need to space it out as well with a washer or so.
and...gl!
Last edited by detroit pistins; Oct 5, 2009 at 08:13 PM.
Is there anyway you can take some pictures of where the exhaust is rubbing? We have seen this issue when the testpipe, HFC, or high flow resonator is not installed properly. Which piece do you have? Also do you have any motor mounts installed in the car?
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Andrew,
No I do not have any motor mounts, the area that is rubbing, is the down pipe, its rubbing right up against the side of the TC, it looks fine just looking at it, but in WOT the tc is rubbing up against the down pipe. the cat delete and the rest of the exhaust are fine . not sure what to do here !
No I do not have any motor mounts, the area that is rubbing, is the down pipe, its rubbing right up against the side of the TC, it looks fine just looking at it, but in WOT the tc is rubbing up against the down pipe. the cat delete and the rest of the exhaust are fine . not sure what to do here !
We really would need to see pictures of the downpipe on the car to see whats going on. It's weird that you say that it's fine when you are looking at it and at WOT it is rubbing causing noise. This leads me to believe that there is engine movement under heavy load. I would inspect the motor mounts for tearing or wear. The AWD puts a lot of stress on these mounts.
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Andrew,
I will have to inspect them, but the car is only making 430whp and its an 06 with 13k would be odd if motor mounts where moving, but you never know, is there anyway i can send you pics direct ?
I will have to inspect them, but the car is only making 430whp and its an 06 with 13k would be odd if motor mounts where moving, but you never know, is there anyway i can send you pics direct ?