Holy crap, its QUIET!!
#1
50+mpg, woo!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 943
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Holy crap, its QUIET!!
At the request/demand of my entire family, neighborhood, and the Centerline police department, I finally decided to fix the exhaust leak in my '83 LE. Its had the exhaust leak ever since I bought it, and the noise doesnt really bother me so I never got around to fixing it. So anyways, it should have been as simple as:
1) remove exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold
2) replace broken bolt
3) replace gasket
4) put back together
buuuuut, things are never quite as simple as they seem are they? I go to undo the one bolt thats holding the exhaust on there, and SNAP... bolt breaks just like the other one. Exhaust drops down. Then I look up and to my horror, I discover they are not bolts like my other RX-7, they are studs. Try to remove them with vice grips, no dice. Crap. Off with the heat shield and exhaust manifold. Then decide the only way to fix it is to drill out the old studs and put bolts in their place. That of course should be simple, until you realize they are hardened bolts and almost the same hardness as the dull-*** drill bits you own, lol. Soooo, after almost 2 hours of drilling, and burn marks across my chest from leaning and putting as much force as humanly possible on the drill which became rather hot from running so long.. and finally i got them both drilled out. Put the bastard back together.. started her up, and MY GOD! Its quiet!!! It sounds like a normal car, aside from the heat shield rattling against the exhaust now... lol
So... fix your exhaust and it gets much quieter.
1) remove exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold
2) replace broken bolt
3) replace gasket
4) put back together
buuuuut, things are never quite as simple as they seem are they? I go to undo the one bolt thats holding the exhaust on there, and SNAP... bolt breaks just like the other one. Exhaust drops down. Then I look up and to my horror, I discover they are not bolts like my other RX-7, they are studs. Try to remove them with vice grips, no dice. Crap. Off with the heat shield and exhaust manifold. Then decide the only way to fix it is to drill out the old studs and put bolts in their place. That of course should be simple, until you realize they are hardened bolts and almost the same hardness as the dull-*** drill bits you own, lol. Soooo, after almost 2 hours of drilling, and burn marks across my chest from leaning and putting as much force as humanly possible on the drill which became rather hot from running so long.. and finally i got them both drilled out. Put the bastard back together.. started her up, and MY GOD! Its quiet!!! It sounds like a normal car, aside from the heat shield rattling against the exhaust now... lol
So... fix your exhaust and it gets much quieter.
#3
Lorem ipsum dolor sit ame
Why do you say it's trash? it's a heat shield, and if in good condition, does a good function and makes a big difference in containing the heat irradiated by the manifold, IMO
#4
50+mpg, woo!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 943
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by rxtasy3
heat shield didn't need to go back on there, it's trash.
heat shield didn't need to go back on there, it's trash.
#6
SKELETOR!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Posts: 1,077
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Heat shields are good for collecting small rocks. While I was working under my car for the SE swap, I had to bend down the heat shield at one point and GOOD LORD....I thought someone spilled an entire fish tank full of rocks on me.
Boo heat shields.
Boo heat shields.
Trending Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jeff20B
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
73
09-16-18 07:16 PM