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Old 12-30-2013, 05:37 AM
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Default A lot of time, a little progress

These x-frames are a challenge when it comes to hanging exhaust. I can't imagine what a shop would charge for a custom exhaust on a frame such as this, lots of angles to deal with. I'm running the mufflers parallel to the frame in the center of the car along with running a flex pipe to absorb some of the twist. Also welded in a v-clamp and made a custom hanger on the engine side of the muffler, want to be able to completely unbolt the system with relative ease, while still maintaining rigidity in the system.

I'm very satisfied with the first section of the passenger side, hopefully the time it takes for the drivers side will be about half.

Chose to exit the frame between the wheel well and where the frame drops down to floor board level, want to keep everything tucked up as close as possible. Left 1" between the top of the muffler and the floor pan, with the muffler this close to the engine it will have some heat in it which I don't want transferred to my feet.


This is my work bench/welding table along with the saw I bought, really like the compact size and quick cutting capability of this Femi saw.

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