Re: Milano/75 center cross member (under the car)

["Obie Fayth" <bibendum59@domain.elided>]

Zamani,
	I know there are several suppliers who manufacture oval exhaust pipe for 
restricted clearance applications. It might be cheaper and/or easier and you 
might actually get more clearance by using it rather than making a new 
center crossmember. I think I saw it on Flowmaster's web site. The 
dimensions are, if I remember correctly around 1"hx4"w or somewhere in that 
neighborhood.

-Obie
Tacoma, Wa.
164S - undergoing major maintenance
gtv6 - daily driver

>At 4:02 PM -0500 10/29/01, alfa-digest wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:13:25 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Zamani Zambri <zzambrimail@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Milano/75 center cross member (under the car)
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Ok more crazy ideas. I'm using a 2.5" exhaust system with a single 2.5"
> >exhaust pipe. So the problem is the center crossmember makes it
> >impossible for me to get a better ground clearence. I was thinking of
> >having a custom center crossmember fabricated from thicker gauges steel
> >and also make provision for more exhaust clearence. I think this will
> >help to stiffen the chassis as well. What do you guys think?
> >
> >My only apprehensions are that if I make it too stiff, it will start
> >ripping apart other stuff, case in point, the shankle front sway bars
> >(rips off the stock sway bar mounts) and the shankle rear sway bars
> >(potentially will destroy the stock endlinks).
> >
> >Zamani
> >'87 75 3.0
> >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.
> >http://personals.yahoo.com



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