Pacesetter y-pipe clearance issue

[lilchubby]

Ok so resently i had a low milage long block put in my car, and added a cam along with some pacesetter headres before it went it. Well i finally got to my 500 mile oil change (i was told to do this after a cam swap). i take it to the express lube that i get a hook up at and they go to back the oil pan drain plug out. It hits the damn y pipe! It still had a good bit of thread left to back out as well. Anyone heard of this problem before? i had to take it to the exhuast shop and have them heat up and do some manovering on the y. Its all good now, but was just wondering if anyone else had this come up.

[IDoVoodoo]

Re: Pacesetter y-pipe clearance issue

mine was really close. I had to do quite a bit of adjusting to give more clearance, but I still had to wedge a screwdriver against the pipe to give enough room for the bolt to come out.

[Smoke Panther]

Re: Pacesetter y-pipe clearance issue

It still had a good bit of thread left to back out as well. Anyone heard of this problem before?

yea

mine was really close. I had to do quite a bit of adjusting to give more clearance, but I still had to wedge a screwdriver against the pipe to give enough room for the bolt to come out.

it can be adjusted so that there's no interference between the bolt and y-pipe

[IDoVoodoo]

Re: Pacesetter y-pipe clearance issue

it can be adjusted so that there's no interference between the bolt and y-pipe

Probably so, that's what I like about the ball joint connections. But I would have had to angle the flanges quite a bit and was more worried about them sealing properly. I also don't know how good pacesetter's manufacturing tolerances are.

[kristen]

Re: Pacesetter y-pipe clearance issue

mine was also touch. alot of pulling and messing with everything. now i have about 1cm between them:banana: