Looking to put dual exhaust on my 78 el camino. It had a 305 4v which was swapped out and replaced with a goodwrench 350 4v.
Looks like the left side exhaust pipe will have to sit much lower than the right side due to the configuration of the transmission crossmember. I would rather the pipe didn't sit so low. What have you guys done? Do they make a dual exhaust crossmember? Should I cut a section from the crossmember and reinforce it to get some clearance? The floor pan is also lower on the left side so the left pipe will always be a little lower. Looking at rujnning duals from the original manifolds rather than adding headers. Or should I just go with headers? Another thing is being the car is over the 25 yr old cutoff for emissions testing, I'd like to loose the cat. Muffler shops tell me they can't do that.
The local Midas Shop suggested using the original single exhaust with a dual outlet camaro muffler to give the appearance of duals at the back of the car. I thought that was kinda dumb. I want duals for the flow, not for the look. (OK maybe a little for the look LOL! )
So what do you guys think?
Looks like the left side exhaust pipe will have to sit much lower than the right side due to the configuration of the transmission crossmember. I would rather the pipe didn't sit so low. What have you guys done? Do they make a dual exhaust crossmember? Should I cut a section from the crossmember and reinforce it to get some clearance? The floor pan is also lower on the left side so the left pipe will always be a little lower. Looking at rujnning duals from the original manifolds rather than adding headers. Or should I just go with headers? Another thing is being the car is over the 25 yr old cutoff for emissions testing, I'd like to loose the cat. Muffler shops tell me they can't do that.
The local Midas Shop suggested using the original single exhaust with a dual outlet camaro muffler to give the appearance of duals at the back of the car. I thought that was kinda dumb. I want duals for the flow, not for the look. (OK maybe a little for the look LOL! )
So what do you guys think?