So before i had a 2.5 inch s-pipe my mid pipe would hit the bolt on a heat shield every once and a while. after it is installed it shakes like crazy and is constantly hitting it. Any one else have this problem? not only is it annoying i don't want to put a hole in my midpipe! if you do have this problem how did you fix it? And its the tsudo mid. Is that one just sucky and hits and others don't?

and the bolt that it's hittting is ground down to just the nut on it. theres no threads showing past that.

I posted thiks already in drivetrain and power but the fi forum is the only one that really sees any action so I figured id post it up here. I have a day off tomorrow and would like to fix this if I can.

 

From what I remember, I torched it.

 

what did you torch? I don't have a bolt on the heatshield. Just the nut holding the heatshield up. Should I just cut that off too? What is the point to that heat shield anyways?

 

I torched whatever was on the car. The melted metal is holding it up. The point of the heatshield is so the heat from the exhaust doesn't enter the cab.

 

Ahhh so you kinda gettho welded it haha

 

More or less. My ex-mechanic did it, I hated having a turbo'd tC that clunk'd around like a piece of crap.

I miss that kit

 

Yeah I hate it. Its make not want to drive my car. I have it bungeed to hold it place a little bit witbh that black brace going across the middle of the midpipe which probably isn't a good idea. With out that its just ridiculous

 

I have the same mid n same problem, at first i put high temp silicone to dampen the rattle, but after i put my concept g on, it just kinda disappeared. I think tsudo is a hit or miss product, some work, some don't, so it seems somewhat inconsistent when it comes to buying their products.

 

yeah it sucks because now i'm getting what i paid for haha. i'm trying to buy a used mid but nobody is selling em anymore. last week there was like 10 for sale! lol

 

sorry to bring this up again but i have the same problem. just bought the tsudo mid and that ____ be clanking and rattles. its so annoying and like u said makes me not want to drive the car. did you ever get it fixed?

 

Just take off the black brace under the exhaust. Problem solved with 0 issues.

 

yeah take that black brace off and you will have no more rattles. That fixed all of mine

 

whats the purpose of the brace? ima take it off this weekend and see how it sounds.

 

if the hangers fail its supposed to catch your exhaust, no real reason for it

 

wow i've been searching forever and just now found this; quick question....does this seem to rattle worse when you get on it or when about 2500-3k rpm before gear shift?

 

Try posting in the drivetrain and power section you might get more replies there since this has nothing to do with force induction.

 

moved.....

 

i believe it rattles at low rps. ill try it out tonight and post when i get home.

 

mine i had to cut the bolt on my heat shield for my trans too. it rattled there because my resonator was hitting it. no problem on the brace bar though. mine happened alllllll the time. the most was at idle and getting into gear though.

 

Why is this in here? Rnt you boosted?