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Just installed a mountune downpipe and the shifter cables were touching the cat section. I bent the cable bracket upwards best I could to create clearance but it didn't do much.
I have an email out to mountuneusa about this exact issue. I took one cable out of the bracket to make a 1/8" clearance. I have some heat tape on route that I will put over the cables to protect them the best I can. Dunno what else we can do really.
I'm definitely going to look into some heat tape now, good idea. Not much room down there and I think the cables were touching the heat shield on the oem downpipe. Mountune must have noticed something like this when they designed their downpipe, being that they went with such a large diameter cat over what everyone else uses.
Ah okay, thanks. Just trying to determine if this is something that they may have corrected or if its something wrong with the latest production run. Honestly I'm considering just selling this thing if it ever shows up. Exhaust interference with the shift cables is unacceptable. I've purchased a bunch of Mountune parts and really haven't been impressed with the fitment of any of them.
I also bought mine used (new in box) back in November or so. These downpipes have the largest cat (5") of any downpipe on the market. Clearance issues are to be expected tho it is weird that there is nobody saying anything about this in the past. It is possible that the routing of the cables has changed over the years so it could be hit or miss on who is affected.
I've used a similar product in the past, I believe it was made by DEI. If its anything like the stuff I've used, yes it will stick quite well, and that's where it will be for eternity.
Can we get a pic of this possible issue? Top of the engine bay and from below? I am curious. I heatwrapped my downpipe but I don't remember anything coming close to touching it during/after the install.
I run catless CPE downpipe. May be a difference between catted and not catted? I don't have a comparison pic of my stock downpipe.
Is it the cables to the bottom right in the bracket?
Closest pic I can find from my archives is here:
I endorse these images. You did a better job of moving them than I have so far. It seems that the cables cross just before they exit the heat shield. It may be worthwhile to remove the shield temporarily to see if there is a better routing available.
I endorse these images. You did a better job of moving them than I have so far. It seems that the cables cross just before they exit the heat shield. It may be worthwhile to remove the shield temporarily to see if there is a better routing available.
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