exhaust uneven?
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Cruising
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exhaust uneven?
how do u fix exhaust that is uneven, its corsa touring and the two pipes to the left sit a little bit lower than the ones on the right. is there something i can tighten to solve this problem?
Drifting
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If you go to the Corsa web site and click on the Customer Support section you can then click on Installation Instructions. This will get you a list of vehicles that Corsa make exhaust systems for. Find the C5 97 and newer entry and click it. This will download the Installation Instructions in PDF format.
Briefly,
Each side of a Corsa Cat Back system is made up of 3 components. First is an over the axel piece. Second is a short 90 (elbow) and the third is the muffler. At each end of the short 90 there is a band clamp. The tips can be adjusted 3 ways. 1) how far the tips protrude, 2) whether the tips point left, right or straight back and 3) whether the tips are at equal heights.
Park the car on a level surface like a garage floor. You do not need to raise the car. You need to loosen the band clamps and twist the muffler to adjust the height of the tips. Easier to do with two people, one standing back to eye ball the tip heights and whether the tips are pointed straight back but you can do it with just yourself. I found that you sometimes have to work both sides because working just one side can result in one set of tips looking left or right rather than straight back. Take your time and you will get something that is acceptable in terms of equal height on both sides and tips looking pretty much straight back. Being carefull not to mess up your adjustments, retighten the band clamps to 45 Ft Lbs. Drive the car to get the system hot. Recheck the torque on the band clamps.
PDF explains it better that I can.
Briefly,
Each side of a Corsa Cat Back system is made up of 3 components. First is an over the axel piece. Second is a short 90 (elbow) and the third is the muffler. At each end of the short 90 there is a band clamp. The tips can be adjusted 3 ways. 1) how far the tips protrude, 2) whether the tips point left, right or straight back and 3) whether the tips are at equal heights.
Park the car on a level surface like a garage floor. You do not need to raise the car. You need to loosen the band clamps and twist the muffler to adjust the height of the tips. Easier to do with two people, one standing back to eye ball the tip heights and whether the tips are pointed straight back but you can do it with just yourself. I found that you sometimes have to work both sides because working just one side can result in one set of tips looking left or right rather than straight back. Take your time and you will get something that is acceptable in terms of equal height on both sides and tips looking pretty much straight back. Being carefull not to mess up your adjustments, retighten the band clamps to 45 Ft Lbs. Drive the car to get the system hot. Recheck the torque on the band clamps.
PDF explains it better that I can.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2008
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I was able to correct my tips after a shop put my Z06 Ti's on crooked. You can see through the rear valance the rubber hangers holding the mufflers. There are two heights you can choose. They had put one side into the lower and the other side into the upper. I loosened the bolts for the hanger and pulled it toward me then installed the muffler into the upper part. Now they're perfectly straight.
On a side note, I won't be returning to that shop...
On a side note, I won't be returning to that shop...
