test pipe install

monterey · 08-19-2018, 12:24 AM

I was under the car today and notice the clamp for the test pipe goes where there is a hanger. Is the hanger not used anymore if one were to install test pipe?

M43S7RO · 08-19-2018, 09:03 AM

Dont't think your engine will blow up if you leave it off. I've had a few pipes and some don't have the mounting tabs for the hangar.

I never felt or heard anything to be concerned about without it.

///mawana · 08-21-2018, 09:02 AM

The hanger is not 'needed' anymore, per instructions, but as a diy'er when I did mine I found a way to reinstall it. I thought the exhausts were a bit loose and was paranoid of new noises afterwards. I simply bent the hanger a little then flipped it when reinstalling.

eternallx · 08-21-2018, 09:08 AM

Most of the aftermarket front pipe/xpipe doesnt reuse that so your good.

monterey · 08-21-2018, 01:28 PM

I just went to work today and scraped the living hell out of it. I looked underneath and saw it kinda drooping. I was only able to clamp one side and left the other side free floating. Did you guys weld the test pipe or did you use the clamps that came with it?

08-19-2018, 12:24 AM	#1
monterey Major 339 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	test pipe install I was under the car today and notice the clamp for the test pipe goes where there is a hanger. Is the hanger not used anymore if one were to install test pipe? __________________ A job is nothing but work.
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M43S7RO Major 502 Rep 1,055 Posts Drives: Jerez Black E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Peoria, AZ iTrader: (13)	Dont't think your engine will blow up if you leave it off. I've had a few pipes and some don't have the mounting tabs for the hangar. I never felt or heard anything to be concerned about without it.
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08-21-2018, 09:02 AM	#3
///mawana Lieutenant 80 Rep 564 Posts Drives: e90 M3 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Prosper, TX iTrader: (0)	The hanger is not 'needed' anymore, per instructions, but as a diy'er when I did mine I found a way to reinstall it. I thought the exhausts were a bit loose and was paranoid of new noises afterwards. I simply bent the hanger a little then flipped it when reinstalling. __________________ 2015 K46 S1KRR 2008 E90 M3
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eternallx Looking 252 Rep 460 Posts Drives: 0.0 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bergen County, NJ iTrader: (9)	Most of the aftermarket front pipe/xpipe doesnt reuse that so your good. __________________ @DCxGarage IG:
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08-21-2018, 01:28 PM	#5
monterey Major 339 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	I just went to work today and scraped the living hell out of it. I looked underneath and saw it kinda drooping. I was only able to clamp one side and left the other side free floating. Did you guys weld the test pipe or did you use the clamps that came with it? __________________ A job is nothing but work.
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