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Thanks Kevin! I thought it sounded pretty good too for being open at the collector off the Tri-Y header. Was expecting it to be a lot louder. Still plenty loud enough to shake decorations off the shelf, so not sustainable for my ear drums haha.
Received my third catalytic converter in the mail yesterday, and it fits soooo much better. Will take a side-by-side comparison tonight. I’ll be able to route my exhaust over the trans crossmember as opposed to under the cross member with the larger cat.
Gotta start accumulating exhaust pipe, bends, flanges and gaskets. Think I’ll bring my cat and the collector flange to National Exhaust to size up the pipe diameter i need there. 2″ ID flange, 2.25″ ID on the cat. Thinking a 45* bend, 2.25″ pipe could fit with maybe a slight flare on one end. Next week problem, after payday.
Here’s the two cats side by side.
The old one is 15″ long, new one just under 8″. Gives me enough space to get both O2 sensors in before the crossmember (I think).Attachments:
Got myself a good ouchie last night, managed to put a broken drillbit into the meat of my hand on my pinky side. I knew instantly I required first aid,Sam hooked me up with some cleaner And a big band aid. 9-hours later, this mo-fo hurts.
Yesterday in the mail I got my Fiberglass exhaust wrap. Unreal it arrived from China faster than my cell phone screen protector from Markham.
I think i need to order an additional 50′ at 2″ width to finish wrapping the exhaust south of the header, south of the catalytic to where it finishes wrapping past the t-case.
The ouchie is healing, think I dodged infection as pain and swelling has gone down two consecutive days. Even yesterday it was feeling much better. Gonna try to buy some exhaust pieces today and get to fabricating the first of many pieces from header to tailpipe.
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My custom exhaust arrived today…. some assembly required. I got 4x 45degree bend, 4x 90s, 4x 180s, and 4 four ft straight sections of 2.25″ DOM pipe, hope to start working on it tonight.
Also, I’ve finally discovered the source of raw fuel in The Shop, turns out 2 or 3 of the patches on the gas tank are not holding fuel. I’ll have to seal it from the inside at a later date. For now I’ve taken the skid plate outside so it can evaporate, and will wipe up the leak before i start welding.
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