Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
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Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Built this for my buddies 92 Procharged GTA. He has the Edelbrock headers and they are rather small with only 2.5" collectors so no way to run 3" into 2.75 like I have. Being a 92 and requiring emissions testing I had to install a cat con. I opted for 2 high flow ones because of the supercharger. Built a custom merge section that runs into the rear section of the 3" setup that he already had.
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Cat con w/ merge and bung for wideband setup (tuning)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ab18d82.jpg)
Mounted so that it's under the heat shield w/ access to the O2 sensor bung. Used the stock exhaust hanger
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675b0a4093.jpg)
Starting off the header, a real tight fit. Had to flatten the tube into a funky shape to clear the crossmember and oil pan. Especially the bend around the pan right off the headers was a tricky one to get tight & right
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ac44cf4.jpg)
Some more pipework done
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ae4c228.jpg)
Gotta clear the modified UMI SFC too
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ad51015.jpg)
Here's some pics
![Smilie](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Cat con w/ merge and bung for wideband setup (tuning)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ab18d82.jpg)
Mounted so that it's under the heat shield w/ access to the O2 sensor bung. Used the stock exhaust hanger
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675b0a4093.jpg)
Starting off the header, a real tight fit. Had to flatten the tube into a funky shape to clear the crossmember and oil pan. Especially the bend around the pan right off the headers was a tricky one to get tight & right
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ac44cf4.jpg)
Some more pipework done
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ae4c228.jpg)
Gotta clear the modified UMI SFC too
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675ad51015.jpg)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c2675af7f672.jpg)
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Ended up with this, the "crack" in the shorter pipe still has to be welded up, that part still needs a little tweaking. I used 2.5" V bands to be able to remove the 2 forward pipes one at a time. If I were to weld them together like a Y pipe I could never reinstall them around the kickout sump
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c265317c9353.jpg)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c265318ce1b3.jpg)
All in all, pretty neat if I say so myself...and yes, I'm a cheap bastard, I don't use backing gas
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c265317c9353.jpg)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c265318ce1b3.jpg)
All in all, pretty neat if I say so myself...and yes, I'm a cheap bastard, I don't use backing gas
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Looks very good. BTW, what is backing gas?
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Argon on the inside of the pipe, this way the weld when fully penetrating doesn't oxidize on the back and turns the weld gray. It you'd look on the inside you'd see the welds having a rough consistency on the inside commonly known as sugaring. Backing gas will consume argon so much faster than welding without it and I'm running through gas like crazy. A 10 Liter cylinder is a whopping $60 here.
This is what the inside would look like
![](http://www.millerwelds.com/education/articles/images/No-backing-gas-inside.jpg)
With backing gas you'd get all those pretty rainbow colors... oh well LOL
This is what the inside would look like
![](http://www.millerwelds.com/education/articles/images/No-backing-gas-inside.jpg)
With backing gas you'd get all those pretty rainbow colors... oh well LOL
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Wow, that exhaust looks fantastic! I wish my exhaust guy was that good!
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Here's a vid of how it sounds, still running a tad rich and taking it easy as it's a fresh build, still needs tuning. Sounds much better than before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOL8g_tx3ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOL8g_tx3ts
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Awesome work. I made my own true dual exhaust 2.5" but my ypipe is 2.25" from the headers up to just before the x-pipe because there's not much room to do 2.5" due to lack oil pan clearance. Is your y-pipe 2.5"? Did you have any problems with clearance?
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
On a stock pan you can go larger, I have a 3" into 2.75" and then 2.75 all the way on my 87. The 3" is only the first couple of inches after the V band, if you look carefully you can see it necks down quickly after.
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c4a1c503373f.jpg)
I agree the car looks awesome, unfortunately it isn't mine. It's 69Cyclones.
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
I'm getting a BMR kmember and in a few months so I believe that should give me the extra clearance I need to run 2.5" ypipes and this oil pan http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/50223/10002/-1
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Those pans are a bitch to get pipes aroud, just like on the gTA. Just look at the weird angle coming off the drivers side header. Surely some ponies are lost there. In hindsight i shouold have cut off part of the collector, used a big elbow and then a V band clamp like on mine to improve the angle there. The canton pan is such a better fit but it's pricey.
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
The little turn you did there off the header still looks pretty good to me. I may have to perform surgery on the Jegs pan by sectioning off an inch from the front part of the sump. But then again I may not have to. I'll deal with it once I get all the parts in.
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Twin, very nice work, very nice....
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Thanks ![Smilie](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Stainless exhaust systems is what I like to do
Here's some other stuff I put together, a 67 barracua,
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597f1bde21.jpg)
70 coronet boom tubes
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597f2bb720.jpg)
Work in progress, side dump exhaust for 80 formula turbo
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597efcc87c.jpg)
82 corvette 2.75" true duals
![Smilie](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Stainless exhaust systems is what I like to do
![Wink](https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597f1bde21.jpg)
70 coronet boom tubes
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597f2bb720.jpg)
Work in progress, side dump exhaust for 80 formula turbo
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597efcc87c.jpg)
82 corvette 2.75" true duals
![](http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imagehosting/24c5597f0cc889.jpg)
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Re: Custom stainless 2.5" system dual cats
Man that d/s header really phucked you hey? Personally I would have sectioned the front crossmember to give myself more room between it and the pan. You really did a nice job considering what you had to work with!
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Rob Wade aka "Mufflerguy"
Custom exhaust/header fab
See more of my work at
http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/mufflrguy/
Last edited by Rob Wade; 08-02-2010 at 02:26 PM.
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