Re: TTI - X pipe exhaust system install questions

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In a message dated 4/19/2005 5:39:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I have a '64 Belvedere 2 door hard top.  I purchased the TTI  3" Max 
Wedge exhaust system with the H-pipe.  My system installed  pretty 
easily, however the emergency brake cable rubs on the bottom side of  the 
exhaust pipes.  If I ran the cable over the top, it would rub on  the top 
side even worse than on the bottom side.

Recently Norm Brady  had a pair of emergency brake cable brackets listed 
on eBay.   The  illustration showed them mounting further forward on the 
underside of the  car.  Using these, there would be 4 brackets to hold 
the cables above  the exhaust pipes.   I looked under my car and the 3" 
pipes looked  bigger in diameter than the ones Norm had illustrated.  It 
didn't seem  like the extra 2 brackets would help my problem.  I sent 
Norm an email  asking if his illustration showed 2-1/2" diameter pipes, 
but I got no  response, so I didn't bid on them.  Possibly some of our 
other members  can let us know how their cables fit....Brian  


'64  Belvedere
Woodstock, IL.


I know I'll probably have to live with a little rubbing with the E-brake  
cable.  But, it's pretty bad at the moment.  I think the X-pipe may be  a little 
more prone to this than the H-pipe.  With the extra bends of the  "X", it's 
hard to really tuck the pipes up close when they pass the transmission  
crossmember (where the E-brake cable is).  With the H-pipe being a series  of 
relatively straight pipes,  a couple of bends can tuck it up   close to the floor pan 
and provide more room for the cable.  
 
One thing that I have discovered is that the "slips" that complete the  "X", 
and slide onto the header collectors, have a very subtle curve  difference.  A 
couple of members mentioned that to me and I checked it out  last night.   I 
don't know if that is intentional, but plan on  swapping them side to side to 
see if some of the alignment issues go away.   The directions didn't address 
this other than putting a "L" and a "R" on  the diagram.  The slips weren't 
marked as such so I figured they  were the same.  
 
Additional cable guides would probably help with cable clearances.   Back in 
the day, I think smaller diameter pipe and single exhaust went a long  way 
towards keeping clear of the cables.  And with the hi-po engines and  dual 
exhaust, I imagine rubbing cables were the price of doing business.
 
Houston
'64 Belvedere



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