1968 Firebird 400 by 68400BIRD

2 minute(s) of a 82 minute read

It was a great feeling to drive it down the road for the first time ever. This car has come along ways and still has aways to go.

2-6-2013

Made a little headway on my exhaust. My Pypes exhaust kit did not fit very well after the rear end. I tried twice to mount it starting from the back with no luck.

As you can see in this picture the hanger bracket is about as low as it can go on the rear of the seat hump.

But the top of the pipe runs right into the frame rail. To lower this pipe to not hit the frame rail I would have my exhaust hanging about 5" below the floor pans. And the hanger bracket would no longer work.

I figured since I needed to cut the pipes to make them shorter I would also angle them a little better. I was told that my bigger than stock tires were the main reason for the pipes not fitting correctly. Hmm high performance exhaust needs stock tires or it will not fit. LOL Seems a little ironic.

Pipes both cut,welded, and reangled.

Also got a chance to mount my back bumper. I want to put the whole car back together to make sure everything fits before it goes in for painting.