Factory exhaust pipe smashed down alot...

nighttowl · 12-04-2017, 07:52 PM

???

is everyone elses exhaust like this as well?

scooter k · 12-04-2017, 08:07 PM

Mine is also like that.

Bodyslide · 12-04-2017, 08:10 PM

Every model of the 16-18 Camaro's are like this. It is normal.

LiqTenExp · 12-04-2017, 08:14 PM

FringBirdAloha · 12-05-2017, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by LiqTenExp

Everyone should watch this. I hear about those crimps in the exhaust more than anything.

7WSM · 12-05-2017, 09:31 AM

You should get that changed out like so many other people on here and gain exactly 0 HP. You will lose ground clearance though.

Ryephile · 12-05-2017, 10:10 AM

That's where the exhaust buckles when you get rear ended. As everyone else has noted, it does not negatively affect power.

If you get rid of it, plan on having the impact energy transferred into the headers and shearing off the header bolts into the cylinder heads.

lt4camaro · 12-05-2017, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryephile

That's where the exhaust buckles when you get rear ended. As everyone else has noted, it does not negatively affect power.

If you get rid of it, plan on having the impact energy transferred into the headers and shearing off the header bolts into the cylinder heads.

Crush zones in the exhaust system for rear end hits, makes sense as there is no other reason to crush the pipe like that. I spent 33 years in the collision business and tail pipes usually bend from rear impact over the axle. Since the Camaro tail pipes go straight and under the axle, it would take a lot more to buckle the pipe and do damage further forward. But I am not convinced the crush zone doesn't hurt flow.

nicktechla · 12-05-2017, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lt4camaro

Crush zones in the exhaust system for rear end hits, makes sense as there is no other reason to crush the pipe like that. I spent 33 years in the collision business and tail pipes usually bend from rear impact over the axle. Since the Camaro tail pipes go straight and under the axle, it would take a lot more to buckle the pipe and do damage further forward. But I am not convinced the crush zone doesn't hurt flow.

I'd imagine eventually you might get to a point where it might hurt flow, but on a stock vehicle, i think it's probably ok

*DGthe3* · 12-05-2017, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LiqTenExp

Less than half an hour from 'Hey, exhaust is crushed' to the engine masters video.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

17 White ZL1 · 12-13-2017, 03:38 AM

The crimps are there for the convertibles they have 2 frame braces that cross were the crimps are GM only makes 1 system for the ZL1.

Timbo-1LE · 12-13-2017, 04:39 AM

I love that show and Roadkill. True car dudes!

jimmypop13 · 12-13-2017, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 7WSM

You should get that changed out like so many other people on here and gain exactly 0 HP. You will lose ground clearance though.

Can't really see how you'd lose clearance. The flat part is on top, not bottom, and there's plenty of room

S.T.A.R. · 01-29-2018, 10:04 AM

Looking to get this crush pipe fix at Summit Racing, however they are back ordered.
Anyone else purchase this?

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scooter k Drives: ex-wife's car Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 258	Mine is also like that.

12-04-2017, 08:10 PM	#3
Bodyslide Drives: Traded in 2016 BLUE VELVET 2LT RS Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Woodstock GA Posts: 262	Every model of the 16-18 Camaro's are like this. It is normal.

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7WSM Drives: 2017 ZL1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pearland, TX Posts: 465	You should get that changed out like so many other people on here and gain exactly 0 HP. You will lose ground clearance though.

12-13-2017, 04:39 AM	#12
Timbo-1LE Drives: 2017 SS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Florida Posts: 617	I love that show and Roadkill. True car dudes!

01-29-2018, 10:04 AM	#14
S.T.A.R. Drives: 18'-1LE Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: SHENANDOAH, PA Posts: 430	Looking to get this crush pipe fix at Summit Racing, however they are back ordered. Anyone else purchase this?

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