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Muffler Clearance

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Roboter, Jun 3, 2005.

  1. Jun 3, 2005
    Roboter

    Roboter Klaatu Barada Jeepto

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    Hey guys- I had new mufflers and pipes put in last week. Been looking at them lately and they seem to be mounted down to far. Is there a general distance that should be between the top of the muffler and bottom of the floor pan? I have not measured the clearance but mine look about 4 to 5 inches. :?
     
    Roboter, Jun 3, 2005
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  2. Jun 3, 2005
    Mcruff

    Mcruff Earlycj5 Machinist

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    My duals on my Jeep are hanging maybe 1 1/2-2" below the floor, I would think that 5" is gonna get hung on something pretty easily.
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    My mufflers are less than 2" from the floor pan.... Only thing I did was to move the fuel return line so it wasn't sitting right above the muffler. As far as dragging your mufflers, it depends on the terrain you normally wheel.....
     
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  4. Jun 4, 2005
    67cj5

    67cj5 Member

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    I hugged mine up as close as possible to my floor withotu touching, and keeping my exhaust angles straight. Mine are about 1.5 inches below my floor
     
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    Hawk62cj5

    Hawk62cj5 Captain of OldSchool

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    It depends on which way my muffler is swinging but mine is 1 to 3 inches away from the floor
     
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    $ sink

    $ sink Gazillians of posts

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    When I worked in a muffler shop we used a 1" minimum clearance as a guide, any closer and you are really heating the interior of the Jeep. $.02
     
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    Mudweiserjeep

    Mudweiserjeep JEEP: Bouncy and Fun

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    Winter time thats a good thing..... :rofl:
     
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    oldjeep

    oldjeep Sisyphus at work

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    Mine are bolted to the floor :rofl:
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    :shock: :rofl: :rofl:
     
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    Roboter

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    Lemme grab a plasma cutter and we can fix that... :D
     
    Roboter, Jun 4, 2005
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