[jeffko]

Lots of great suggestions guys. I like the way SS mounted the side pipes by flattening the side pipe bracket. Seems like a nice positive attachment.

My specific problem is when the pipes are 1.5" from the spring loop on the headers I have 2.25 to the center of the frame for the frame bracket. It appears I need to cut .75" from my side pipes. I also want to keep the pipes about 1" to 1.5" from the car. I really do not want to cut the pipes, but it seems I must.

I had good luck with getting the pipes on. I had a friend take a cheater bar and pull the header pipes into place while I used some 3/16" alan wrenches and a big hose clamp to square everything up. Once I get everything prefitted I will back the pipes off by 1" and use some stainless steel putty to seal with. This stuff is good for 2000 degrees and is kinda like jb-weld for extreme temps.

I think I am going to do another prefit to measure for the SS method. I don't have my tags yet, but I also noticed I would have a problem there also.