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Not all SVT exhausts created equally?

hmouta said:
depends of the pre98s have a wide enough underpassage. look at the pic my brother posted. if the pre98 has a narrow straight passage, then the post 98 wont fit into the passage because its piping on the left goes further left than the pre98. u might run into the opposite problem of what my brother did.
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I'd have to assume that it's the differing bends you're talking about - it WILL fit . I've NEVER heard of one NOT fitting . There is more than enough ample room under there . The only difference under there are the different shaped gas tanks , hence the different shaped bends .
 
Harder than it would be to take the exhaust to a shop and have them cut and reweld the exhaust pipe to fit. Not to mention probably more expensive.
 
TourDeForce said:
Not quite. There were different tank configurations, IIRC, and the piping bends were slightly different to accomodate the routing around certain fuel tanks. This is not a new issue, Truebendz.com had to deal with a few fitment issues when they first came out with the Contour exhaust systems.

I have a '99 Mystiqe that I wanted to install an SVT exhaust onto, but I ran in to that exact problem. I just hacked the rear of the SVT exhaust off just before the Y split in back, welded it to my existing piping after the tank, and added the obligatory passenger side hanger. DONE.
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yeah, I was thinking the same thing... Didnt they update the gas tank size on the later contiques?
 
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