Biohazard
The old exhaust system...what a mess! Start with the stock setup: 2 into 1 with a 1 7/8" pipe all the way back to the tail...but somewhere along the line, somebody put in a dual exhaust setup (frowny face) which is where it gets interesting.
The driver's side:
The original Y collector is still there but a cap was clamped over the passenger side inlet. Okay, no big deal. The muffler on that side was replaced with one that had larger inlet/outlet diameters so the installer used 'sleeves' to plus-up the pipe size to fill the muffler inlets. Here is the outlet side of the left muffler..
Further back, the curvy tailpipe had been replaced. Perhaps the original one rusted out? Take a gander at this most excellent weld work...
The passenger side:
Going from rear to front, saving the best for last.
The entire pass. side exhaust was done in 2-inch pipe so, that doesn't even match the driver's side....and they still couldn't marry up a muffler with the correct inlet/outlet diameters! Here's a peak at what it took to stuff the 2 1/2" inlet hole with a 2" pipe:
And at the other end:
And now for the creme de la creme. Must have been a problem sealing up the pipe to the manifold. Nothing a little RTV can't fix!
Keeping things in perspective.
Some of this awesome exhaust work is unforgiveable when done to a 44-year-old rolling museum piece (and so it shall be rectified) but when a car, any car, is your daily driver you sometimes just have to go with the cheapest and easiest fix in order to get your ride back on all fours. Thus, no disrespect is intended when pointing out some of the obvious faults discovered in the exhaust system.
Doing it right.
The car is going back to a single exhaust. I plan to order the pre-formed 2-into-1 collector from Accurate and run 2" pipe into a muffler with 2" fittings to finish the setup.
The old exhaust system...what a mess! Start with the stock setup: 2 into 1 with a 1 7/8" pipe all the way back to the tail...but somewhere along the line, somebody put in a dual exhaust setup (frowny face) which is where it gets interesting.
The driver's side:
The original Y collector is still there but a cap was clamped over the passenger side inlet. Okay, no big deal. The muffler on that side was replaced with one that had larger inlet/outlet diameters so the installer used 'sleeves' to plus-up the pipe size to fill the muffler inlets. Here is the outlet side of the left muffler..
Further back, the curvy tailpipe had been replaced. Perhaps the original one rusted out? Take a gander at this most excellent weld work...
The passenger side:
Going from rear to front, saving the best for last.
The entire pass. side exhaust was done in 2-inch pipe so, that doesn't even match the driver's side....and they still couldn't marry up a muffler with the correct inlet/outlet diameters! Here's a peak at what it took to stuff the 2 1/2" inlet hole with a 2" pipe:
And at the other end:
And now for the creme de la creme. Must have been a problem sealing up the pipe to the manifold. Nothing a little RTV can't fix!
Keeping things in perspective.
Some of this awesome exhaust work is unforgiveable when done to a 44-year-old rolling museum piece (and so it shall be rectified) but when a car, any car, is your daily driver you sometimes just have to go with the cheapest and easiest fix in order to get your ride back on all fours. Thus, no disrespect is intended when pointing out some of the obvious faults discovered in the exhaust system.
Doing it right.
The car is going back to a single exhaust. I plan to order the pre-formed 2-into-1 collector from Accurate and run 2" pipe into a muffler with 2" fittings to finish the setup.
