First-Gen Camaro Exhaust - Flowing Low

Here's a great shot of how exacting the mandrel bends are. This is the pipe that goes from the intermediate to the muffler.

The tailpipe comes from Flowmaster designed long enough to go straight out the back just inside the rear lower quarter-panel. Since our Camaro has a pretty good size 17-inch tire coupled with a 2-inch de-arched leaf spring, we chose to have the pipe cut and angled down so it dumped out right after the rear tire.

Craig made sure that all of the strategic points of the Flowmaster system had an appropriate hanger installed.

At this position, under the floor, the rear seat was removed and a hole was drilled in the floor so a bolt could be used to secure the rubber-mounted hanger.

Craig used the utmost care when welding the joints together, not only to be safe, but also so that our hard work at detailing the perpetual Classical Resurrection project was not in vain.

At each tailpipe section, a hanger was welded on to the pipe and it was attached to a polyurethane bushing mounted in the unibody. This will give the pipe a little give, but since it was a tight fit, won't allow it too much so that it vibrates against the underbelly or rearend.

Initially, Craig tack welded all of the parts to the system in place and then went back to fully weld the joints. Here's the final weld on the right exit pipe.

In this view, with the gas tank removed, you can see how the Flowmaster system tucks in place and avoids any humps or suspension components for a smooth and consistent fit.

Craig uses high-temp silver paint from Plasti-kote to dress all of the welds. This not only makes the system look good, but will also help prevent rust and corrosion.

All we can say is that if this exhaust system sounds half as good as it looks, we'll be happy. Hopefully, we'll be able to fire this puppy up real soon, and then...Stay tuned!