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I'll find out soon enough Ian It's something I did think about because of the shifter vibration. I did the virtually the same with my old hdj81 (I've done a couple of small things differently) on my 80, I had tight clearances and absolutely zero noticeable vibrations.
My thinking was I wanted the down pipe hard mounted to the engine/trans until it was past the flex joint. The flex joint is what isolates the vibrations. With 4" dump pipe, there is no room for a flex joint any sooner in this system, and with not much clearance to the transfer, I wanted the exhaust fixed so it cant rattle.
you have me thinking though! maybe I can use a rubber mount at the transfer to isolate the vibrations. Might wait and see.
The stock exhaust on this rig had no flex joint in it anywhere, it was bracketed to the bell housing, but then no hangers until behind the transfer case.
My thinking was I wanted the down pipe hard mounted to the engine/trans until it was past the flex joint. The flex joint is what isolates the vibrations. With 4" dump pipe, there is no room for a flex joint any sooner in this system, and with not much clearance to the transfer, I wanted the exhaust fixed so it cant rattle.
you have me thinking though! maybe I can use a rubber mount at the transfer to isolate the vibrations. Might wait and see.
The stock exhaust on this rig had no flex joint in it anywhere, it was bracketed to the bell housing, but then no hangers until behind the transfer case.