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Searched quite a few times only found one thread that had one person say something about the sway bar but not enough info, anyway typical thing I have what I believe is a megan downpipe that was made for acd however still rubbed my transfer case. I "fabed up the pipe" with a hammer and not its not touching but still close so I x'd that off the noise list. Nest what I found is that the pipe is just about touching the sway bar , barely enough room for a sheet of paper to fit. The noises all started after I installed Spec-R springs this past weekend. Does lowering the car change the geometry enough that the sway bar would somehow come close to the exhaust? Im going to modify the hangers Saturday for more clearance just looking to see if anyone else has any more info than what I found. (FYI - this happens on warm up and sometimes idle, also sometimes when pulling out in 1st.)
The sway bar would rotate so maybe. Anyway, sheet of paper worth of clearance is not enough. The motor and hence the transfer case moves on rubber mounts.
Exactly that's what I was thinking , I have urethane hangers on order hopefully I can mess with the hangers this weekend to pull the pipe away more from the transfer case. But seems also it's hitting my sway bar creating this annoying sound.
To be honest I don't even think it is a Megan I think it's a knock off that was installed when I bought the car.
What do you think , I think your right saying it's completely wrong idk
Solved my problem , with my car on a lift i was able to clearly see the downpipe sitting against the sway bar , was able to use a big pry bar and adjust the exhaust hangers and gave my self plenty of room from the transfer case as well as the sway bar , all this happened from lowering the car also , swift Spec-R , but all is good now.
Sorry to bring this back from the dead. I am dealing with the same problem with my DC downpipe, after I lowered my evo with swift specRs. Can I install adjustable front end links to rotate the sway bar back? I don’t want to dent in my down pipe to fix this issue. I already brought my my car to an exhaust shop, and he tried to finagle the hangers with no luck. He suggest denting the downpipe or cutting it and and make a custom section. Or is there any other way? Thanks in advance
Sorry to bring this back from the dead. I am dealing with the same problem with my DC downpipe, after I lowered my evo with swift specRs. Can I install adjustable front end links to rotate the sway bar back? I don’t want to dent in my down pipe to fix this issue. I already brought my my car to an exhaust shop, and he tried to finagle the hangers with no luck. He suggest denting the downpipe or cutting it and and make a custom section. Or is there any other way? Thanks in advance
Are you sure you have the correct DP for your EvO? I have a 9 & use an Invidia system & dont rub at all. Dont think installing end links will affect the FSB position enough to make a diff w/the rub? (could be wrong).
I believe so. The downpipe was given to me new by the precious owner. I had no issue with it rubbing or clearance when i was on stock KYBs. Only had this issue when i installed specRs with MR bilsteins. Clearance now is like paper close like the OP.
I believe so. The downpipe was given to me new by the precious owner. I had no issue with it rubbing or clearance when i was on stock KYBs. Only had this issue when i installed specRs with MR bilsteins. Clearance now is like paper close like the OP.
Its very possible that DC pipe was just not made properly for your EvO model. Ive got a 9 w/ACD & lowered & my pipe fits w/out rub on the FSB. Now, it does rub on the 2 lateral bars that i had to space down
May 4, 2017, 06:42 AM
