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Originally Posted by NV370z
It appears most HFC/test pipes have a mounting bracket welded as part of the design for the catalytic converter cross brace. From the pics on the Motordyne site it does not look like these are utilized. Is the cross brace simply not used when running ART pipes? Has this caused any issues with expansion joints on common CBE's?
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I was wondering the same thing, but A LOT of people are using these and i've not seen any complaints on them.
When you bolt them up, they are solid though... it certainly doesn't feel like the brace is needed. The stock cats are about 3.3 lbs heavier each from what the OP said as well so that takes a little stress off.
On top of all of that you probably save another 2 or 3 lbs from not using the brace ... so 9 lbs weight savings from these sounds good to me
