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F430 Exhaust Tip Alignment (Capristo)

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  1. babyjesus

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    #1 babyjesus, Oct 18, 2009
    Hey guys,

    This weekend I installed some Fabspeed cats and the Capristo Level 3 exhaust on my 430. Reassembly was pretty quick, but I've had a lot of trouble trying to get the tips in the center of the openings of the bumper. The exhaust tips are about 1/4" off the bottom of the bumper opening and both are slightly left-aligned. I've tried loosening up the cat/header joints, but that still didn't seem to give enough flex in the system for any adjustment.

    Has anyone else had this problem? Maybe I'm missing something.

    I might have to find a local shop and bring it over there and let them play with it, I spent all yesterday afternoon messing with it. :)

    -mike
     
  2. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 tazandjan, Oct 19, 2009
    Mike- There is a factory tailpipe centering tool designed to take care of exactly the problem you are having. From the image, it appears to be made of plastic. You could probably have a woodshop make up something similar with holes drilled for the tailpipes. Out of town right now, but can look for the tech bulletin when I get back if nobody else has it.

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  3. ghardt

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    #3 ghardt, Oct 20, 2009
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    Was Capristo contacted for advise? If so, what did they suggest? I have a feeling a little "friendly persuasion" is going to be necessary, that's probably what tool if for that Terry referred to.
     
  4. ghardt

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    #4 ghardt, Oct 20, 2009
    One other thought. Sometimes worn motor mounts can cause exhaust tip alignment problems.
     
  5. babyjesus

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    #5 babyjesus, Oct 20, 2009
    I emailed Capristo directly on Sunday when I kind of gave up trying to get them aligned. They forwarded my email to the reseller I bought the exhaust from and they called me monday morning. I sent them photos this morning but haven't heard back yet.


    I'm not sure how much an alignment tool will help, because i can't even really 'push' the tips into the right position...I think I might have installed the muffler brackets wrong (maybe the bracket goes under the muffler/tip flange instead of on top?). That would probably lift the muffler about 1/4" and the tips about 1/4" as well, but they'd still be angled down.

    If anyone is bored/curious you can see the photos I sent to the reseller this morning:

    http://boom.net/~mike/430/

    After messing with it a little more tonight, it seems like I just can't get enough adjustment from the cat pipe/header joint to get the muffler situated properly. There's no adjustment from the muffler to the tips.

    -mike
     
  6. babyjesus

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    #6 babyjesus, Oct 22, 2009
    Thanks for the info guys. I managed to get the tips aligned reasonably well today. It turns out the brackets were supposed to be bolted under the tip/muffler flange instead of on top, which lifted the entire system about 1/2" and seemed to straighten everything out. The brackets were pretty hard to get under the flange, but a little help from my jack and having my fingers crossed that the headers didn't crack did the charm. :)


    Man... this exhaust plus the fabspeed cats sound amazing!

    -mike
     

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