I purchased this safety loop several months ago and today was the day, with drive shaft and exhaust system in place, that I attempted to fit it. In it's present form there is no place it will fit.
While under the car I found two things that make me think that I do not need it. There is an existing bar across the tunnel, and while not as strong as the one above, it looks to me like it would work... at least help.
In addition, there are the two holes in the following picture where a strap could be placed across and that would definitely secure the shaft in the event that a u-joint came apart.
So that is what I'm going to do, fabricate a strap and put it across at that location. This must have been where the mount on a two-piece drive shaft fit up. I will take a 7" piece of steel strap and drill two holes at approximately 6 inches and bolt it in place. I guess that doesn't keep a shaft from coming through the tunnel, but it will keep the car from doing a pole vault. I'm only shooting for 500 HP, not 1600
I welded the flexible section into the pipe in front of the rear muffler today. Here is a picture of how it comes out. I have positioned a universal hanger to hold it in this position, but it's not in there yet. Currently, I am using two bungee cords. I think I got the distance right relative to my Kaminari rear bumper skin.
I also have fabricated a wire mesh grill to cover all the slots in the skin. I made the mistake of using steel, vs. stainless steel, and it has rusted a bit just sitting in place. I will clean it up and paint it and see how it goes.
The standard foam that is behind an OEM bumper skin was visible across the top row of slots, so I had cut it off with a sharp tool. Now it is in there, but it moves around and I suspect it will rattle. I am half thinking about getting a squirt can of that expandable foam and shooting that in there... it would be nice if I could turn the car upside down to do it so it wouldn't run and make me sorry
Anyway, here is the exhaust tip. I'm not showing the welds as they are not pretty. I did take a grinder to them to clean them up a little, but honestly, a ground TIG weld is a give-away of a mess. Damn it! It's under the car.
Saturday update: the bungee cords are gone here. I drilled holes in the bumper, tapped them and bolted a universal exhaust hanger strap in place. It' done. Still have to fabricate something at the cat... so there's still a bungee cord there. It seems pretty solid throughout.
The new internet service could not be installed as they needed the management to arrange access to a couple of offices above to drop the wire. At least they think they can do it. I am so tired of WiFi off of cell phone towers. It is unbelievably slow.
That's it for Friday. Apparently it rained here all day at home. I noticed it was gloomy, but it didn't rain on me. My garage is about 8 miles from home... not a drop.
Have a great weekend!