the part were the pipe is connecting to the tube that connects to the engine is not on all the way

like its on sorta but there is not sitting flat to the tube and its off a llitle so i believe im loosing compression in that area if it matters

does it matter and how would i fix that? currently i have the 3 springs on it and its in a sort of triangle fasion

its hard to exlpain with out pics so i hope some of you get it

its here in this area and think of the header as going traight but the pipe is going off at an angle a little bit

I used rubber sleeves that are good for 350+ F to fit over the header for my HP pipe and then zip tie them on. It seems to work well

the three springs are correct but you need to take them off and see if the exhaust gasket is whole or torn ... if its danaged go to your lhs and get another one and replace it