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<blockquote data-quote="cudak888" data-source="post: 234072" data-attributes="member: 1141"><p>Started on the tail end of the exhaust today. Haven't heard from Ram Van guy.</p><p></p><p>Ugly MIG welds courtesy yours truly. Doesn't help when your nozzle tip can't get in the "V" that well (and you're running 0.25 wire for bodywork). Underneath the pile of welds is good penetration on both the hanger and the glasspack, so I'm not too particularly concerned:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i58.tinypic.com/1zdn1js.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i59.tinypic.com/smy5cp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Almost finished. Decided to loosely clamp the glasspacks and tailpipes in rather than weld - JUST in case. Not much clearance in areas, but movement is minimal. Should be even less give in the system when it's connected to the new front pipes, but not banking on anything given that the front pipes may throw off the existing fitment of the rear pipes:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i57.tinypic.com/140d7xf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>First time this '68 has ever had two mufflers hanging under it:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i59.tinypic.com/2rghuzq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Only one turndown (until tomorrow) but it looks reasonable. Not enough room to shove it any further onto the glasspack. I can live with both tips sticking out.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i60.tinypic.com/309tzip.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I even cobbled up a 2" to 2-1/2" step-up adapter so that the old pipe could breath through the new right tailpipe for when I move the car around. Didn't help much - the old pipe is in such bad shape that it still sounds like bloody hell through the leak in the adapter. Not to mention that it now blows copious blue smoke out the bottom AND the back end.</p><p></p><p>-Kurt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cudak888, post: 234072, member: 1141"] Started on the tail end of the exhaust today. Haven't heard from Ram Van guy. Ugly MIG welds courtesy yours truly. Doesn't help when your nozzle tip can't get in the "V" that well (and you're running 0.25 wire for bodywork). Underneath the pile of welds is good penetration on both the hanger and the glasspack, so I'm not too particularly concerned: [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/1zdn1js.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/smy5cp.jpg[/IMG] Almost finished. Decided to loosely clamp the glasspacks and tailpipes in rather than weld - JUST in case. Not much clearance in areas, but movement is minimal. Should be even less give in the system when it's connected to the new front pipes, but not banking on anything given that the front pipes may throw off the existing fitment of the rear pipes: [IMG]http://i57.tinypic.com/140d7xf.jpg[/IMG] First time this '68 has ever had two mufflers hanging under it: [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/2rghuzq.jpg[/IMG] Only one turndown (until tomorrow) but it looks reasonable. Not enough room to shove it any further onto the glasspack. I can live with both tips sticking out. [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/309tzip.jpg[/IMG] I even cobbled up a 2" to 2-1/2" step-up adapter so that the old pipe could breath through the new right tailpipe for when I move the car around. Didn't help much - the old pipe is in such bad shape that it still sounds like bloody hell through the leak in the adapter. Not to mention that it now blows copious blue smoke out the bottom AND the back end. -Kurt [/QUOTE]
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