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Bob John Nasta wrote: > Very interesting. One thing I do know is that the El Camino / Wagon frame > has a 4" longer wheelbase. So, the 17119 would be too short for an El > Camino, and the part that is meant to go over the rear axle wouldn't clear. > The 17120 kit can be made to fit the 2dr Chevelle / Malibu by cutting 4" off > of the H-pipe. > > The H-pipes are different because they are different lengths. The tailpipes > are different because one is made to exit the side and the other the rear. > The 11720 tailpipes also come with stainless steel tips already welded on. > Therefore the only thing that the 11719 and 11720 have in common is the 50 > series mufflers. > > John Nasta > > -----Original Message----- > > John/All, > > I was looking at the Flowmaster site and found a couple of interesting > things. I would have thought that the kits from the engine back to the > over-the-axle pipe would be the same and only the extensions (tail > pipes) would be different. I put the 17119 kit on my 67 SS and had > pipes to either come out behind the rear tire (like factory) or extend > to the rear bumper. > > I wondered why the 17119 kit was so much less expensive than the 17120 > (Elky/Wagon) kit. It seems that ~almost none~ of the pipes or mufflers > are the same - not even the pipes going back to the rear axle. The > 17119 kit comes with 30 series mufflers (52533) while the 17120 kit > comes with 50 series mufflers (52558). The exhaust extension pipes, > H-pipe, over-the-axle, everything is different. Is there that much > difference between coupe/convertible and Elky/wagon frames that the > front half of the exhaust is so different? Guess I just never noticed > before. > > My first thought was the different mufflers made the difference in > price. Not so. The 52533 mufflers in the less expensive kit ($299) are > almost $30 more EACH (Summit price $109 for the muffler) than the 52558 > mufflers in the more expensive ($329) kit (Summit price of $80 for the > muffler). For $299 you get mufflers costing $218 and for $329 you get > mufflers costing $160. Strange (???). > > Dale McIntosh > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
