a body exhaust

just curious if i can make an a body exhaust work on a 72 b body? i know the frames are similar. much cheaper to buy the jegs kit and mod it if i can.

 

It’s probably a lot easier than starting from scratch.

 

I just went to a muffler shop and they me bent up the whole new system and they let me test the sound on 4 or 5 different muffler combos until I found the one I liked. Don't think it was that expensive. Maybe $300-400.

 

I tried a TA 2.5 mandrel bent system for an A body on a 71 Centurion. Downpipes to mufflers was workable but IIRC none of it
worked to go over the axle. I still have the bits I cut apart. Ended up as a fail in my recollection.

 

most places here dont use stainless

 

that answer that question then lol. so i need to look elsewhere.

 

i have a few that do a good job but they dont do the stainless and such.

 

lord jesus

 

I did.

Watson Engineering in Taylor MI. $1050.oo from header gaskets to rear bumper in 403 stainless + my Borla stainless mufflers, provided.

Of course that was 1997. I'd have to imagine the job would cost two if not three times that today.




Devon

 

thats steep which is why i asked about just extending an a body. you can get a ss kit for pretty cheap for them

 

Waldron's says they have it?

https://waldronexhaust.com/product/1965-74-buick-v8-dual-with-2-mufflers-2-resonators/

This listing covers 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974 Buick Wildcat, Electra, Electra 225, and LeSabre’s with dual exhaust and 4 mufflers. For Buick Riviera’s refer to 1963-74 Buick Riviera section. Excludes 1969 Buick LeSabre’s which was stock from the factory with a single exhaust system only.

Photo depicts the stock dual exhaust for 1972 Buick LeSabre’s, Centurion’s, Electra’s, & Electra 225’s with the stock V8 455ci.

• Dual exhaust system includes LS/RS exhaust pipes, LS/RS front mufflers, LS/RS connector pipes, LS/RS rear mufflers with short tailpipes. Metal-to-metal connection at the manifolds, no gaskets required.

 

ok prob go with a local shop. 1400 bucks for a exhaust is crazy. the a body like 600.

 

If you let the engine heat up and evaporate all the moisture out of the exhaust whenever you run it, then the regular pipes will last a long time. Short trips where the engine never heats up and the engine is shut off when the exhaust pipe is still dripping will kill your exhaust system.

 

Stainless exhaust is keeping up with the Joneses. There are much more cost effective options out there that will last a very long time.

 

most of mine die from the conditions around here i think. impossible not to get into the mud.