winkosmosis
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- Maui, Hawaii
Why is exhaust usually ignored by skid plating efforts? Since the whole pipe is rigidly joined together and to the manifold, it seems like it should be a priority-- the whole thing is a huge lever acting on those manifold bolts and more importantly the seals. Picture the force multiplication when you drag the tailpipe! Why aren't we more worried about leaks?
And what about the catalytic converter? They are very expensive, yet no skid protects them except DPG's belly pan seems to partially cover the flat one. Every skid just purposely works around them. Seems like very backward thinking to me-- skip over the vulnerable expensive part because it droops too low?? What are they afraid of? Losing clearance that we don't have anyway?
Without protection, I guess the next best thing would be flexible joints, at least at the manifold -> single pipe junction.
And what about the catalytic converter? They are very expensive, yet no skid protects them except DPG's belly pan seems to partially cover the flat one. Every skid just purposely works around them. Seems like very backward thinking to me-- skip over the vulnerable expensive part because it droops too low?? What are they afraid of? Losing clearance that we don't have anyway?
Without protection, I guess the next best thing would be flexible joints, at least at the manifold -> single pipe junction.