3.1 monte dp size

[l67ss]

Bout to hav to replace the flex joint on my dp and am trying to find out wut size pipe it is thanks

[Schurkey]

There are 21 views, and no replies as I type this.

 

I have no idea what a dp is. Maybe the other twenty viewers don't know, either.

 

Is it REALLY so difficult to type four correct letters: "have" and "what" instead of three: "hav" and "wut"?

 

If you aren't willing to go through the effort to pose a proper question, why should we go through the effort to give you an intelligent reply?

[l67ss]

Ocd any1

There are 21 views, and no replies as I type this.

 

I have no idea what a dp is. Maybe the other twenty viewers don't know, either.

 

Is it REALLY so difficult to type four correct letters: "have" and "what" instead of three: "hav" and "wut"?

 

If you aren't willing to go through the effort to pose a proper question, why should we go through the effort to give you an intelligent reply?

[l67ss]

Do u worry about proppeer punctuation and spelling wen u text ur girl if not y should she put out wut does that hav to do wit anything u ask? Like ive every other troll "IM ON A GD PHONE"

[19Cutlass94]

Ya know, some decent English would help you. It's a pain in the ass to read your threads.

 

A little more info would help as well. Is this a 3.1mpfi or a large port 3100? Or even what car?

 

For the most part, the dp, assuming you mean downpipe from the manifold to the converter, it's a double pipe. Outer pipe is about 2.5" while the inner pipe, what the exhaust actually flows through, is about 1.5".

 

Hope this helps.

[l67ss]

97 monte ls not sure on ports wasnt

[carkhz316]

While I agree that sometimes the shorthand english can be confusing, why are you all getting bent out of shape at OP? You know what he's trying to ask. Stay out of the thread if all you're going to do is lambaste him for grammar and spelling mistakes. Everyone needs to either relax and chill out OR make for sure damn sure everybody is checking their spelling.

Edited August 27, 2013 by carkhz316

[RobertISaar]

factory 3x00 downpipe is crap, more than a few guys here have shown that. Jay and Adam come to mind.

[l67ss]

Just trying to keep it pieced together till i collect enough parts to go 3.8 sc

factory 3x00 downpipe is crap, more than a few guys here have shown that. Jay and Adam come to mind.

[l67ss]

Thinkin about replacing the flex joint with regular flex pipe , opinions?

[Schurkey]

Thinkin about replacing the flex joint with regular flex pipe , opinions?

If the "regular flex pipe" you have access to is as piss-poor as the "regular flex pipe" sold around here, it'll be rusted-out in six months, and an exhaust leak from Day One.

 

I have a couple of sections of flex pipe in the exhaust system I use for running-in fresh engines on the assembly stand. One exhaust system to connect to a multitude of engines--but that exhaust system doesn't have ten hours of actual run-time in five years.

[rich_e777]

(Schurkey)For the longest time I suspected your garage is some top secret bunker that develops and tests new technologies for existing and prototype vehicles. Now you`re just confirming it:lol:. But seriously what would be a better alternative to the flex joint in the exhaust system? Its pretty much there to allow for the engine to rock, correct?

[19Cutlass94]

I don't have a flex pipe in the exhaust system in my car. It's been going fine for several yrs.

 

 

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[Schurkey]

(Schurkey)For the longest time I suspected your garage is some top secret bunker that develops and tests new technologies for existing and prototype vehicles. Now you`re just confirming it:lol:. But seriously what would be a better alternative to the flex joint in the exhaust system? Its pretty much there to allow for the engine to rock, correct?

More like a home-garage for a committed (perhaps committable) hobbyist, with ten years in the auto repair industry (and glad to be done with that phase of my life.) I do more to re-discover and photograph "old tech" than to invent "new tech".

 

The "real" flex joints tend to be stainless steel, rather than the stamped-and-formed mild steel of regular flex pipe. Yes, they allow for engine shake, and in some applications thermal expansion.

 

There are aftermarket sources for real flex joints, but they're far more expensive than "flex pipe".

[l67ss]

Im going to swap to an l67 within the next six monthes currently i have a horrible leak with the current joint trying to spend as little as possible on the 3.4 since im gonna yank it soon

[rich_e777]

Sites like this really need people like you and the many others willing to give actual advice and facts other than the "junk it and get something newer" attitude many in the auto business have towards some of these almost classics to a select few that is us here. I thought I had one of those cheap ones installed for a moment. Anyways thanks for the replies.

[l67ss]

Huh?

[l67ss]

Whats funny is my "new" motor is actually older than my "old" motor lol currently running a 2002 gm replacement longblock

[l67ss]

I freakin love this forum even the trolls r helpful

Sites like this really need people like you and the many others willing to give actual advice and facts other than the "junk it and get something newer" attitude many in the auto business have towards some of these almost classics to a select few that is us here. I thought I had one of those cheap ones installed for a moment. Anyways thanks for the replies.

[l67ss]

Yeah the tolls with bash ya in one thread then give ya life saving advice in another thread

[l67ss]

How hard would it be to swap in a down pipe from a 2002 impala 3.4 it looks like a better design

[l67ss]

Anyone?

How hard would it be to swap in a down pipe from a 2002 impala 3.4 it looks like a better design

[Psych0matt]

I think it's 2.25

[l67ss]

I meant how much of a hassle would it be to put a down pipe off a 3.4 2002 impala on my 3.1 97 monte carlo

I think it's 2.25

[Psych0matt]

if its a 3100 it *should* bolt up I thnk