G35 Mid-pipe - Help needed...

[SVTCOBRA]

Got a 2005 coupe mid-pipe. Have it installed on my 2005 sedan. Pipe is hitting the small cross beam (looks like a thick wire) that crosses under the drive shaft. Any suggestions? It's hooked up snug, but not torqued.

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Modified by SVTCOBRA at 7:22 PM 4/23/2008

[Sentientbydesign]

Pull a Macguiver like Beaner!!! lol

This is outside of my realm of expertise, but is it installed in the right orientation?

[ArizonaG35]

How much "Play" do you have between the cross beam and the drive shaft? I'd say this might be a fine time to get a handheld propane torch to soften that cross beam and a mallet to coerse it upwards... if you have the room... ?????

[SVTCOBRA]

Pull a Macguiver like Beaner!!! lol

This is outside of my realm of expertise, but is it installed in the right orientation?

Yes, I determined....that it was just added weight... It's now torqued down, so no turning back. pipe is no where close to hitting the driveshaft.

[rn79870]

Can you bend the removed piece and replace it?

[Sentientbydesign]

While you're down there. What's the driveshaft made of?

[G_whizz]

Sooo... is it all done SVT? Do you need help still? I have 30 mods in here in under 10 mins to help ya.

[SVTCOBRA]

Now that I'm thinking clear again and not so , guess it's to catch the driveshaft if it falls out... Might try heating/bending it a little over the weekend and see if that helps.But, for now I'm fine without it. How many have heard of a G loosing it's driveshaft??

The coupe mid-pipe does 'fit' perfectly up with the y pipe and muffler, BUT it is not shaped the same before the resonator. It is bent up toward the drive shaft.

crush gasket cost me $9!! Got it at wholesale. Retail is $18 I reused the ring gasket.

Pretty clean up under there for 54K miles!!

Thanks guys for the quick responses!! Can always count on this board!!

[G_whizz]

Glad it worked out.

Can't say I'ver heard of any G losing it's drive shaft

[tollboothwilley]

When I installed mine, I torqued it all down and then put my socket wrench between the two and bent it just a little bit all the way down so that it wouldnt rub/vibrate. Works like a champ.

[BigWill]

Hey Rich... Did you think of just dimpling the mid pipe a bit in that spot?

[SVTCOBRA]

Hey Rich... Did you think of just dimpling the mid pipe a bit in that spot?

Will, alot of things did go thru my mind but, that wasn't one of them. I'll see if I can adjust the cross bar over the weekend.

coupe pipe is MUCH liter than the sedan!!

[bestos02]

i did my coupe mid-pipe on my 2005 sedan and there were NO hangups whatsoever... i must have not had that brace...cause i dont remember it, and mine was on faster than my old one off! sorry dude.

[SVTCOBRA]

i did my coupe mid-pipe on my 2005 sedan and there were NO hangups whatsoever... i must have not had that brace...cause i dont remember it, and mine was on faster than my old one off! sorry dude.

that's strange....what year coupe was your pipe from??Mine was off of a 05 coupe.

My pipe was just not touching the brace - was probably less than a 8th inch away. But, I knew it would rattle cause it would hit it when I would shake it.

[G_whizz]

two things... how is the sound improvement?

And where's your Cobra avatar??

I almost don't recognize your posts anymore..

[joe603]

That was your driveshaft safety loop. If your shaft breaks, the loop will prevent your car from catapulting. Lots of tracks require this mod on faster cars.

[bestos02]

mine was sold to me from an 05 coupe owner for my 05 sedan. i honestly had TONs of room in all places.. for the life of me, i cannot remember that Brace between being on my car at all.. what do the other owners do, remove it?

[SVTCOBRA]

two things... how is the sound improvement?

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G, seems to have a little more growl to it. I did a quick compare against the wifes yesterday. Will compare a little more toward the weekend.

bestos02, would be curious to know if you have it or not. check when you can and let me know.

[SVTCOBRA]

Thought you guys might want to see a comparison. Or, you might already know this. Just so you don't think I was high on exhaust fumes...again.

See where it goes up on the left more, that's where it was hitting

[g35sedanlover]

I took mine off...

PS My sedan mid-pipe from 03 is like twice as big as that!

[tollboothwilley]

Rich, if yours is like mine was it makes very little contact with the drive shaft guard.

Bend it just a little bit where its vibrating and you should be set

[TeflonG35]

Can The Coupe mid pipe be used with an aftermarket exhaust(stillen) and us there a gain?

[g35sedanlover]

Stillen cat back replaces y-pipe, mid pipe and muffler. Stillen does make just a muffler. I would guess that the mid-pipe plus the stillen muffler would help more then each by it's self but not as much as the whole cat-back.

[tollboothwilley]

You can replace the mid pipe (with coupe), do the HKS rear section, and replace the Y-pipe with aftermarket and build your own cat-back solution. You can even remove the resonator on the midpipe if you want to make it a bit louder.

High flow cats make a huge improvement in the vq35. Headers/High Flow cats are my next mods.

[TeflonG35]

I want headers, HFCs and HKS Twin Power DLI II. Also i want a dyno tune. After all these mods i would deem it wise.

[tollboothwilley]

ya, thats my plan. That and the Cobb Tuner...

[TeflonG35]

If it ever comes out for the hated and neglected 03 g35 sedan.

[SVTCOBRA]

Update on the Mid-pipe.Last couple of fill-up's my MPG was up 1 MPG, which is pretty good since I've been 'flogging' it!!!!.....you always have to with any mod!! even after changing the air freshener!!!Anyways, sounds better too. Constant little rumble that I like!!