SnakeOyl Rear Sub Questions

[BigsViper]

Would appreciate some feedback... Just replaced my rear pipes and muffler with the straight pipes and I noticed some strange stuff, wondering if this is typical.

(1) The bell receiver on the snakeoyl is 1.75" and the bell on the stock setup is 2 5/8". The pipe going into the receiver is 2" from the end to the no-go. Before I pulled the stock pipes the no-go was tight against the bell receiver. After I swapped there is about a 1/4" gap between the end of the snakeoyl bell and the no-go 'cause the male pipe is longer. I clamped it down as-is but I thought it should fit better.

(2) Even though the holes on the bracket mid-way up the system are oval for adjustment, they won't allow you to line up that mid-way bracket and dampning rubber. I will have to take a dremel and widen the oval in order to get it to line up; for now I left it off and there are no rattles. I also thought this was kind of cheesy for a $500+ mod that brags about being built for the Viper, not just with the Viper in mind....

(3) I was surprized that all the bolts on this part of the snake were metric (first wrench I've put to it) I guess they all are. Shows how long it's been since I wrenched on a car.

The "thirty minute job" took me about two hours, a lot of that time trying to wrestle together the pipes that don't fit. I finally measured everything which prompted this post. Anyone else notice this or did I get an odd-ball setup?

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[BigsViper]

Hey Matt, How's it? By no-go I mean the ring on the pipe that comes back from the cats: just a little bulge about the size of a weld bead that goes around the OD of the male pipe that slides inside the sub assembly. It is about 2" from the end of the pipe that slides in, I guess it's there to keep you from pushing the male end in too far.

I got a deal on this part from a friend who is "very, very well respected in the Viper community" I'll direct him to this post and see if he knows what the deal is. Thanks Don

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[Ron]

<FONT face="Comic Sans MS">My experience with the Snake Oyl pipe is that yes, the depth of the collar is shallow compared to the stock pipe, however I tightened things up and was leak free. I had no problems with any other bracketry and the install did take 30 minutes or so.

I removed and sold them primarily because I didn't like the look of the extra long tips and the interior droning. They are very well built though and the exterior sound was nicely enhanced.</FONT f>

 

[wiseasp]

Don,

I have a 2001 that I put these on and they fit on just fine. It took some time to get the old ones off, but I think this small mods helps bring on the sound!!

 

[Matt M PA]

Don, I am not sure what your mean by a "no-go", but when I did the Snake-Oyls on my 2000 GTS, it was a pretty simple job. It took some time get the original pipes loose, but everything bolted right up.

 

[Matt M PA]

Don...it seems to me that my rear pipes went all the way to the no-go on one side, and was just a hair, (and I mean a hair)short of the other. Everything lined up okay, the fit was fine.