mtdman
03-22-2010, 10:43 PM
I was under the car tonight doing other things and I got to looking at my exhaust. The car came to me with exhaust problems, no tailpipe and a cherry bomb muffler and a leaky manifold. But I didn't realize there was a big hole in the crossover pipe. I discovered that tonight. The hole is there because the pipe and muffler was held on with a coat hanger, so the pipe was not straight and it hung against the crossover pipe, and cut into it.
So, being unable to help myself, I cut the exhaust pipe down and took it off. I was thinking about doing a dual exhaust to begin with, but now with the pipe off I'm very tempted to just do it. I think I'd like to do it myself, it doesn't look real hard. But i don't know a lot about doing it. So I have a couple questions.
Is it remotely possible that if I had a pipe bent to the same shape that's on it now, it will fit and run along the driver's side of the car too? There's already bends in the frame where it's supposed to run. I'd love to be able to just have two pipes bent to the same shape as the one on there and have them fit. Also, will the pipes that go over the rear axles fit both sides?
If I do do duals, are there fittings that I can buy to match up to the manifolds? Where the manifold mates to the exhaust pipe the manifold is rounded out like a ball, and the exhaust pipe end is a bowl shape. I assume you can get fittings to match that?
What's the purpose of the x or h pipes that you can get with a dual exhaust kit?
Finally, anyone know of any kits that will fit a 73 lesabre? I was looking on Jegs but they don't have a kit for a B body. There's one for a century, how close is that underbody to mine?
So, being unable to help myself, I cut the exhaust pipe down and took it off. I was thinking about doing a dual exhaust to begin with, but now with the pipe off I'm very tempted to just do it. I think I'd like to do it myself, it doesn't look real hard. But i don't know a lot about doing it. So I have a couple questions.
Is it remotely possible that if I had a pipe bent to the same shape that's on it now, it will fit and run along the driver's side of the car too? There's already bends in the frame where it's supposed to run. I'd love to be able to just have two pipes bent to the same shape as the one on there and have them fit. Also, will the pipes that go over the rear axles fit both sides?
If I do do duals, are there fittings that I can buy to match up to the manifolds? Where the manifold mates to the exhaust pipe the manifold is rounded out like a ball, and the exhaust pipe end is a bowl shape. I assume you can get fittings to match that?
What's the purpose of the x or h pipes that you can get with a dual exhaust kit?
Finally, anyone know of any kits that will fit a 73 lesabre? I was looking on Jegs but they don't have a kit for a B body. There's one for a century, how close is that underbody to mine?