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ok so i did something i regret. you may have seen my post earlier about the bumping noise in my car. it turns out that the place i took the car to to get it looked at says that its my down pipe causing a bumping noise.???? this kind of threw me. its been on my car for a few months now and it just started doing this. The place i took it to was a transmission shop and the guy builds race cars so i assume he knows what he is talking about. he said you can see where the downpipe is hitting the engine undercarraige. so my question for you guys is do yall think this could be the source of a bumping noise in my car that gets louder the faster that i go. also what i regret is buying turbo back exhaust off ebay. one of the hangers off the downpipe didnt line up so i had to fabricate something and on the catback where the exhaust mounts together where it bolts up it was hitting my driveshaft because the metal sides are sticking out right towards the driveshaft instead of away from it. i really need to know if this is how all the exhaust systems are for the evo or if mine is like that because its an ebay system. please let me know if where yours bolts together is facing the driveshaft or is angled to where there is no problem thanks alot guys. im trying to figure out if buying name brand exhaust will fix my problem

 

There are a lot of old cheap exhausts that hit the drive shaft... but any quality system built for an Evo won't give you that problem.

If you don't want to spend too much more money and get a new one.. find a local muffler place... (not a chain) and ask them if they can fix it... They'll probably cut the flanges and weld them so that they are angled properly... or if you don't care can cut them out completely and just weld it all together. As for the hitting the undercarriage... muffler shops install them all the time.. i'm sure they can cut or weld a hanger somewhere to fix the problem..

otherwise.. buy a buschur.. ams.. megan.. hks.. greddy.. tanabe.. perrin.. or whatever floats your boat.. 99% of the time it is a perfect fit..

 

junb.l fit's perfect, cost is ok. did you really expect it to fit properly. from what i have read they are a good value but it is expected that it may have to modified. just get it repaired and enjoy.

 

i had the same problem with a customer car...he replaced the downpipe with a better quality/name product and i was able to tweak the rest of the exhaust to fit a lot better.