will this universal system work?
I just put this system from Summit
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-680144/ on my 68 Barracuda. I also got the Summit x-pipe kit.
The kit is made by IMCO the same people that make Maremount and Cherry Bomb exhaust. The mufflers in the kit are turbo's and all the pipes are mandrel bent. It's very likely the Jeg kit is from the same place.
Because I was also installing an x-pipe everything in front of the mufflers wound up being cut and welded. They advertise that the kit is designed to work with Hooker Headers and I can see where I would still would have had to do some cutting and welding on the passenger side to mate with the Hedman headers I have.
In anycase this system was replacing a compression bent system with a home made x-pipe that had Flowmaster 50 series delta flow mufflers. The sound is smoother and deeper than the flowmasters and over all quite a bit quieter. I have had the opportunity to drive the car with this exhaust to work three times this week and the wind noise around the doors is more obtrusive than the exhaust now. There certainly doesn't seem to be any noticable change in the power good or bad.