Northern7

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OK here's the story, I'm reconnecting my new downpipe from Corksport and I can feel some resistance (Nothing new to these cars) when I find a bracket just hanging there. The bracket is attached to the tranny by 2 bolts. It sits just toward the front of the main cat up ontop of the exhaust. Whats it for. I had to remove it to make my DP fit, but I tought I better check with the experts before just disregarding it. It has a thread for a bolt on the bottom of it. Also what are the torque specs for the bolts that connect the main cat and dp.

Thanks

Northern7

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Anybody?

Retserof

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The bracket supported the rear end of the precat by bolting to a clamp around the precat pipe. Most aftermarket downpipes don't come with any provision for attachment to a rear support bracket. I have a Pettit downpipe that attaches only to the engine and the cat pipe - no tranny bracket, so I called Pettit about that and Cam told me that a rear bracket was not necessary on a downpipe. They are much lighter than the factory precat that they replace. I had to unbolt it from the tranny for clearance.

I would feel better if a rear support bracket was there, and I thought about fabricating a clamp to attach the downpipe to the factory bracket, but gave up on the idea.

David Beale

My stainless downpipe has a bracket welded to it, but it wasn't connected to the transmission as it was located about 1" from the threaded hole. When I installed the Random 5" cat. we inserted a 1" tube spacer and used a long bolt to connect that bracket to the transmission.

I've never seen the stock parts so I can't help you there, but I think the question was answered above.

GARCO MOTORWORKS

I ALLWAYS make a clamp for a down pipe to that bracket to keep the stress off the turbo, turbos .I have seen single turbos exhaust flanges broken ,so my customers get a clamp made to fit .