[ncountylee]

If they had just designed the hangers into the original reinforcement design, all of this would have been avoided.

If the "dead" space was needed for exhaust reasons, as mentioned, hanger straps would automatically been designed in. The whole thing sounds like a poorly conceived "make work" project.

[Aquinasfan]

If the "dead" space was needed for exhaust reasons, as mentioned, hanger straps would automatically been designed in.

This is the central point as far as the design goes. Have you worked on anything like this?