Nameless Header and Off-The-Shelf Overpipe Fitment

[bspec]

Salutations,

Recently pieced together a head-back exhaust:
Nameless header
PLM OP
PLM FP
HKS Hi-Power L cat back

The PLM overpipe contacts the OEM sway bar during assembly, and was probably 1/2" short of mating to the front-pipe, with the exhaust hangers at full stretch. Factory overpipe fits and length is correct, so it's back on for the time being, but sounds awful and is likely leaking at the header flange.

Long and short of it (no pun intended) - Can someone confirm fitment of an off-the-shelf overpipe with nameless header, that doesn't require sway bar shimming or stiff engine mounts?

I'd love to chuck the PLM OP/FP for JDL, but I just need an overpipe that can be sourced quickly.

Thanks

[jprice130]

Originally Posted by bspec

Salutations,

Recently pieced together a head-back exhaust:
Nameless header
PLM OP
PLM FP
HKS Hi-Power L cat back

The PLM overpipe contacts the OEM sway bar during assembly, and was probably 1/2" short of mating to the front-pipe, with the exhaust hangers at full stretch. Factory overpipe fits and length is correct, so it's back on for the time being, but sounds awful and is likely leaking at the header flange.

Long and short of it (no pun intended) - Can someone confirm fitment of an off-the-shelf overpipe with nameless header, that doesn't require sway bar shimming or stiff engine mounts?

I'd love to chuck the PLM OP/FP for JDL, but I just need an overpipe that can be sourced quickly.

Thanks

I used to have a Nameless header and I used a 2.5" JDL overpipe with a 3" flange on the header side and a 2.5" flange on the frontpipe side. This worked great for me and I didn't have any fitment issues. I no longer have the header, but I still have the overpipe if you're interested. I sent you a PM.

[G-Man]

I don't understand why you got the nameless header and the company that ripped them off for OP/FP. I would have expected all cheap or all nice

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...ameless+header

back to your question, the local car with full nameless works fine no fitment problems. everything ends in the stock locations

[go_a_way1]

he makes a good point?

[bspec]

Originally Posted by G-Man

I don't understand why you got the nameless header and the company that ripped them off for OP/FP. I would have expected all cheap or all nice

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...ameless+header

back to your question, the local car with full nameless works fine no fitment problems. everything ends in the stock locations

Right, nameless parts are made to order in most cases, so not exactly off-the-shelf. Again, it came down to time constraints. I thought I could deal with the poor header to OP fitment until I did either a custom OP/FP or I came to grips with the JDL/Nameless price tags for those pipes, but 3 destroyed gaskets later and...

I ended up picking up the cat-back rather unexpectedly and wanted to knock everything out at once.

The custom JDL overpipe I picked up from @jprice130 fits well, although I did have to raise the engine to wedge in the 3" flange.