Desert Rat
Well Known Member
First and foremost; I love this vetterman exhaust. It fits right out of the box, and was delivered on time and on budget. 5 stars, would recommend to a friend.
That being said, the instructions that come with it are pretty rudimentary, so I've got a couple of questions.
1. How tight should the bolts that hold the slip joints together be? The instructions just say something to the effect of "not too tight". I get that you want a bit of room for the expansion cycle here, but presumably they should be snugged down enough that the bolt doesn't rotate in the hole. Have I got that right?
2. It appears that I've got lots of room where the pipes go under/aft of the firewall lip. How much gap to most people leave here? If I leave about 1" at the red arrow in the picture it will leave about 3/4" between the lower side of the pipe and the end of the cowl shovel. Is this enough, or should I tuck them up a bit higher and have more gap with the cowling?
As always, any other insight is also appreciated![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
That being said, the instructions that come with it are pretty rudimentary, so I've got a couple of questions.
1. How tight should the bolts that hold the slip joints together be? The instructions just say something to the effect of "not too tight". I get that you want a bit of room for the expansion cycle here, but presumably they should be snugged down enough that the bolt doesn't rotate in the hole. Have I got that right?
2. It appears that I've got lots of room where the pipes go under/aft of the firewall lip. How much gap to most people leave here? If I leave about 1" at the red arrow in the picture it will leave about 3/4" between the lower side of the pipe and the end of the cowl shovel. Is this enough, or should I tuck them up a bit higher and have more gap with the cowling?
As always, any other insight is also appreciated