I just want to be sure other Kooks users show the same install tolerances.

The y-pipe is *awefully* dam close to the brake lines ... and the y-pipe's exit
is tucked way up into the driveshaft tunnel.

Is this how others are positioned? Just want to be sure.

http://picasaweb.google.com/calder.cay/Kooks

 

Looks about right. I think your driver side tucks up a little better than mine though. Hard to see in my pic (don't have one of the other side).



My y-pipe had about 1/2" of clearance from the tunnel brace, looks like yours is sitting a little high (maybe just the angle?). Either way, it took me a while to align my catback, which is still crooked. I need to have a muffler shop fab me up something so it sits straight.

 

I really can't remember and I can't go look. I can say that my Y-Pipe mated right up to my GMMG catback and didn't require any manipulation. The ground clearance was very good.

Is the end of your Y-Pipe angling upwards?

 

Yes, it is angling upwards a bit. I dont think it's an issue with mating it to
the catback pipe, but it is tucking up in there. Also, there is less than an
inch of clearance from the y-pipe and the driveshaft.

 

Here's four more photos, shot from the back, starting with this one:
http://picasaweb.google.com/calder.c...85485701824210

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I would guess mine probably fit like that. It was definitely tucked up in there. I wish I could go look to confirm, but I can't.

 

Mine tucked up in as well. But that's the reason I went this direction. I have much more clearance than I did with the Jet Hots longtubes. I did have to cut some off my "Y" pipe on one side to get it to fit right though.

 

I used some reflective heat foil stuff around the break/fuel lines whre there close to the y-pipe just for some added protection. Wouldn't be a bad idea.

Ken R.

 

That's a great idea Ken ... I think I'll get some wrap. The y-pipe did slide right
on, but as can be seen by the photos, the y-pipe is up against the underbelly
on both the driver and passenger sides, so I do want to fab a bracket to
"pull the pipe" down a bit.

BLDun - fortunately, I didnt have to do any customization to the y-pipe. I did,
however, have to grind the header flange in the center on the driver side,
since it wasnt exactly level (it had a slight high spot in the center).

 

What is this exactly? Do you have any links?

 

Do a google search for exhaust heat wrap or heat tape and you will find lots of places

 

Yep - like here:
http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/au...e_products.php

 

How did you attach the round opening of the catalytic converter to the oval opening of the left portion of the y-pipe?

 

I don't know if this will answer your question, but I'm pretty sure the cats are welded into the y-pipe by Kooks and would'nt require that you attach them to anything. I can't say definitively because my y-pipe is their offroad version, but my y came in two pieces and joined together well beyond where the cats appear to be placed in that pic.

 

Kooks welds the cats to the y-pipe. The front end of the cat slips over the header collector and is clamped on with the stepped clamps that Kooks supplied.