Y-pipe touching oil pan. Is this ok?
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Car: 1991 Camaro RS
Engine: 406
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: 3.42s
Y-pipe touching oil pan. Is this ok?
You all know how tight our y-pipes are to the pan to begin with. Well I've since swapped a 406 in with a Moroso 6qt street/strip pan made for our cars and Hedmans shorties and y-pipe. I've already had to refab the y-pipe to to fit together but part of it is still touching the oil pan slightly. Is this going to make that much more of a difference than if its 1/8" away like it would be if it fit properly(with a stock pan).
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Car: 87 Iroc Z
Engine: 383ci.
Transmission: WC-T5
It can't touch otherwise it'll vibrate and wear a hole through the pan. i just installed the same pan and had a y pipe fabbed up.
I got a little gap in between them, but just to make sure, I got a piece of header tape I'm gonna run on the y pipe where it may touch the oil pan.
I got a little gap in between them, but just to make sure, I got a piece of header tape I'm gonna run on the y pipe where it may touch the oil pan.
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Engine: 6.0 LSX
Transmission: 4L60E
Axle/Gears: 9 Bolt 3:27
Mine was rubbing really bad and indeed it did heat up the oil. It also wore a nice mark in the pan. I'm tryin gto fab something up but with the SS slp y pipe its kinda hard to do.
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Car: 1987 Iroc-Z
Engine: 355
Transmission: 700r4 w/ about 7500 miles on rebuild
Do NOT run the car with that setup for very long. The exhaust gets a hell of a lot hotter than the rest of the engine.. by a few hundred degrees. Engine oil is also another fluid in the engine that COOLS. If you leave that y-pipe pressed up against the oil pant, then u will cook the oil which will turn it into sludge. Say goodbye to ur bearings and u may even get the engine to lockup. Take it from me - i bought my car from a guy who did that.. the bearing were NOT pretty. The 400 that was in it was totally f*cked. Get that y-pipe at least 1/8 of an inch away from the oil pan.
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