Thread: 500 Caddy/G Body Swap

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I was really kind of wondering how the tail pipes would fit. When I did the wife’s 84 El Camino last year I used 2 1/4" tail pipes over the stock 7.5 rear end and it was tight. The 2 1/2” flowmaster tailpipes actually fit very well, but I suspect that part of that is due to the Lakewwood upper control arms being a lot narrower than the stock stamped ones.

The tail pipes coming out behind the rear tires came out pretty good too. I still have a bit of welding to do and add one more hanger and some tail pipe tips but the exhaust is pretty much done.

I did decide one thing doing the exhaust…….once I get the new shop up and the lifts in I will be buying an exhaust pipe bender. This piecing bends together to build an exhaust gets old after a while. I priced some benders last week and the price wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I’ve got plenty of time so who knows I may even come across a decent deal on a used one.