Subframe connectors and exhaust interference?

[biminiLX]

I was hoping to post about how great my new SFCs made the car feel, but no luck. My friend's shop had the roll-on lift snowed in, so I'll wait until spring.
My question though is that when we trial fit the SFC, it was pretty obvious that the rear driver side will interfer with the hanger/exhaust tube.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I've decided to wait when I go back to swap mufflers and exhaust tips in the spring, so I wanted to get some other opinions.
Looks like the hanger won't be too big an issue, but looks like the driver tube around the tank should be pulled in 1/2" toward the tank.
Anyone else have this experience? :shrug:
-J

 

[98SVTC]

There was a suggestion on what to do with this SFC/exhaust interference on the most recent of the SFC group buy posts. I think it was to slice an old radiator hose and clamp it on the exhaust pipe where the SFC rubs it. That's what I will do when I finally get mine installed. There may have been some bending of the hanger too.
Karl

 

[bensenvill]

yup mines a very close fit as well, I dunno what the shop did to address this but they mentioned they did something. it doesnt look like it throws the alignment of the exhaust tips off or anything like that, for a while I was having a small amount of rattling associated with the exhaust hitting the drivers side bar but that stopped for some reason [and I've had the exhaust off a number of times, nothings been banged up or damaged]

 

[biminiLX]

Thanks fellas. Yes, I did see the radiator hose/hoseclamp fix.
I'm just going to wait until spring now when I do exhaust upgrades, oh well.
-J