exhaust pipping, safe or NOT-safe ??? Options

[sphinx]

I'm getting my exhaust piping done on Saturday. I went to the guy who's gonna do it for me, and we lifted the car to see exactly how "I" want the piping to run.

My thing is that i want the piping as straight as possible eliminating all those curves and turns. It's going to be a 3" piping and in order for it to be the way i want it, it would have to run under a lil section of the gas tank.

So here's the question.

Do you people think it's safe enough to run it under the tank like that or not. Or is there something that i can do to restrict so much heat under the tank that i can still run it that way?

This post has been edited by sphinx_race911: Feb 18, 2004 - 11:48 AM

[celica3sgte]

So do you have the 3sgte swap? In your profile it says you do and it also says that you already have a 3" exhaust. You will want to run the piping with the groove under your car. There is a path already there. It is straight back, and then it turns by the gas tank and then goes over your rear passenger suspension. This is the only way you can run it. If you go anywhere else it will hit the ground an prolly break b/c it will be wedged against hte ground and car, or you will break something on your car. No it's not safe to run it under the tank.