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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:56
PM
Subject: [Chevelle-List] Anybody running
Flowmaster mufflers behind stock exhaust manifolds and header pipes?
Is anybody out there running Flowmaster 2-chamber or 3-chamber mufflers
and tailpipes behind stock exhaust manifolds and header pipes?
After taking a detour last week to order a new gas tank & the
accompanying h/w, I'm back to thinking about a new exhaust system. When
I got my new Year One catalog in the mail with my gas tank bolt shipmen over
the weekend, I noticed that the catalog lists the stock muffler dimensions as
25" overall length with a 21" case length, whereas the Flowmaster 3-chamber
dimensions are 22" overall & 16" case and the 2-chamber dimensions are 19"
overall & 13" case.
Given that the Flowmaster mufflers are "shorter" than stock mufflers and
the Flowmaster tailpipes claim to be the same length and bend footprints as
stock tailpipes, I'm wondering if I'd be able to connect a set of
Flowmaster mufflers and tailpipes directly to my stock 80" header pipes
or whether I'll need some sort of "extensions" (to get the muflers to sit
far enough back so that the tailpipes will loop over the rear properly).
(I realize that a muffler shop could properly rig up something with no
sweat, but I was hoping that I could just buy all "off-the-shelf"
parts and be able to assemble everything right out of the box
without needing any special bending or welding tools).
If anybody has any experience or thoughts on this, I'd appreciate hearing
them!
Jim
-no-69SS-cars-at
