Broken stainless steel exhaust

[Itchief]

I wanted to check and see if anyone else has had an issue with the stainless steel exhaust breaking

Mine cracked and broke at the flare where the muffler starts

Thanks

Rick

[BikingJohn]

Mine broke on my Mrk IV roadster passenger side, Coyote 5.0. Turns out that under heavy acceleration the twist in the motor was enough to crack the weld at the flare on the J pipe at the output of the shorty header. Turns out where the side pipe exited the body there was not enough clearance keeping the pipe from moving freely with the motor. Just had it repaired by my local welding shop cost $35. Hopefully this helps.

[GoDadGo]

Hotrodder427 (My Pal Donny From My Hometown of Slidell) had his drivers side crack where the turn out meets the muffler.

Factory Five Replaced The Piece!
Yea Factory Five Customer Support!

His car can be seen at the end of this video, but not the muffler issue:

https://youtu.be/Vhbftk4AP4k

FE 396 with an IRS rear with Wilwood Stoppies.

[Itchief]

Steve

Thanks for the information

I’ll give them a call in the morning and see what they have to say

I took the broken one to a fab shop to see if they could be repaired m

Rick

[Itchief]

I contacted factory five this morning and they are going to send me a replacement

It’s hard to believe this level of customer support

Many thanks to Dave Smith and the folks at Factory Five

Rick

[initiator]

I've been repeatedly surprised with how quick they step up when there's a problem. Customer service you won't find anywhere else.