Subframe And Exhaust Question

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Ok, so my 205 has an MI16 in it with a full Mongoose Exhaust on it.

 

The Downpipe seems to be knocking on the subfraem near where the ARB runs.

 

See pic (picture stolen from forum @) )

 

 

 

 

you see the bar I mean, the cross bar to the rear of the frame.

 

 

 

Is this a common problem?

 

 

I notice that my mounts are looking a little tired, do you think that this would be enough to cause this?

 

 

Also, where is best to get mounts? Pug offered me Top mount for £24.06 and Gearbox mount for £18.55

 

 

Thanks

[swordfish210 20]

Could be the mounts getting a little tired, try some BBM Grp N mounts.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

If it's a std manifold and D/P it will need to be shortened

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Can I not just cut the bar out of the sub frame?

 

I could re-weld in a similar bar in a sligltly different place?

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Hmm, the more I think about it, the more I think I am going to cut this bar out and re-weld it back in a different position.

[jackherer 543]

If it's a std manifold and D/P it will need to be shortened

 

If its the twin tube mongoose d/p I found they fit on Mi16s fine where standard d/ps need cutting.

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Yeah, she is running the twin tube down pipe from Mongoose.

 

Any thoughts?

[Guest Pär Hansson]

Hmm, the more I think about it, the more I think I am going to cut this bar out and re-weld it back in a different position.

Do it! Fit as straight a tube you can, though. This is not a particurlarly critical chassis component. Edited May 22, 2009 by Pär Hansson

[SurGie 54]

But surely its there for a reason, reason being more strength and stability, to which the 205 is not famous for ?

Edited May 22, 2009 by SurGie