Bumper Questions

[drftfan]

Ok, I am in a rut...
I had the Apexi N1 and have swapped it out for the GT spec. Now the muffler is resting on the rear bumper support and I am getting noise everywhere. Has anyone ever removed the bumper support on an s14? I am either going to do that or bang the hell out of it with a sledgehammer. Can anyone help with this dilemma?

[msaskin]

Originally posted by drftfan@Jul 3 2004, 01:28 PM
Ok, I am in a rut...
I had the Apexi N1 and have swapped it out for the GT spec. Now the muffler is resting on the rear bumper support and I am getting noise everywhere. Has anyone ever removed the bumper support on an s14? I am either going to do that or bang the hell out of it with a sledgehammer. Can anyone help with this dilemma?
Well, my mantra when working on cars has always been "hit it with a hammer"

with that in mind... ;)

~matt

[mr peas]

Originally posted by msaskin+Jul 3 2004, 01:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (msaskin @ Jul 3 2004, 01:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-drftfan@Jul 3 2004, 01:28 PM
Ok, I am in a rut...
I had the Apexi N1 and have swapped it out for the GT spec. Now the muffler is resting on the rear bumper support and I am getting noise everywhere. Has anyone ever removed the bumper support on an s14? I am either going to do that or bang the hell out of it with a sledgehammer. Can anyone help with this dilemma?
Well, my mantra when working on cars has always been "hit it with a hammer"

with that in mind... ;)

~matt [/b][/quote]
well u told me to do that when my s14's fuel gauge went out, now i have a buncha dents in the door to my fuel pump stuff. hah. ill fwd this msg to some of my s14 buddies out in san diego. I bet they ran across your sound problem before because a lot of them use the apex GT. In addition to that, we have mr. doug here in town who should be able to help you since i believe he also owns the same exhaust system.

[iceperformance]

Originally posted by peas@Jul 12 2004, 01:51 AM
In addition to that, we have mr. doug here in town who should be able to help you since i believe he also owns the same exhaust system.

Mine fits just fine, thank you very much. ^_^

[msaskin]

Originally posted by iceperformance+Jul 12 2004, 08:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (iceperformance @ Jul 12 2004, 08:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peas@Jul 12 2004, 01:51 AM
In addition to that, we have mr. doug here in town who should be able to help you since i believe he also owns the same exhaust system.

Mine fits just fine, thank you very much. ^_^ [/b][/quote]
Doesn't jamie's problem stem from the OBX manifold moving the entire turbo assembly back a few inches?

FWIW, I'm probably going to switch back to a ported stock manifold with an external gate welded on to the top when I upgrade the turbo. I'd rather run an external gate, and can't come up with a decent way to add one to the tubular manifolds short of adding it on to one of the runners (i'd rather it at the collector, but we'll see).

Here's a thread with an installed GT25R, external gate, etc...
http://www.nissaninfiniticlub.net/forums/s...0871#post770871 (http://www.nissaninfiniticlub.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=770871#post770871)

~matt

[iceperformance]

The rear bumper looks fairly easy to remove.

10 steps according to the FSM.

Nothing that requiers a lift or anything.

Lots of plastic clips that WILL break for sure. :yes: