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BigDaddyV · 05-17-2013, 12:29 PM

Alright, I got a great start and got the right headers but I need some ideas on how I can run my exaust so it won't drag when I lay frame. Please post up your pics of exaust routing on layed out trucks

BigDaddyV · 05-17-2013, 07:35 PM

ttt

Square_78 · 05-17-2013, 09:49 PM

You need shorty headers. Run the exhaust overtop of the transmission x-member. Cut 4" holes through the trailing arm x-member and run the exhaust through there. That's the only way u will get the exhaust from hanging below the frame. This is how mine is done.
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**special-K** · 05-17-2013, 10:08 PM

One thing's for sure...you need to run the exhaust higher than the bottom of the frame. I run them that way on all my trucks,even 4wds. You'll never see the exhaust on a slammed truck,right? The trailing arm crossmember needs 4" holes so the pipes can run through. The rest is easy and obvious. Any good exhaust man will run it above the frame bottom. Proper full length headers won't hang below the frame rails. I have run them on 4/6 drop,no problem

BigDaddyV · 05-17-2013, 10:28 PM

I am cutting the holes as soon as I can get the truck to mu buddies house when I put the deep notches in I was Just trying to get some pics to go off of. But thank you for both of your responses. I have 3.5 in exaust right now and have a set off sweet stainless mid length headers that will keep me high enough. Really Im trying to figure out where to put my flowmasters and then dumps

**mac808** · 05-18-2013, 04:56 AM

I'm in the same place as you. About to C-notch the frame and can't keep my over-axle tail pipe set up.
Looks like I will have to dump my tail pipe right out of the muffler end just before it goes over the axle.
I've seen other fancy setups with side exit exhausts but I think I'm just going to do a simple turn down tip.

eightbanger · 06-02-2015, 07:51 AM

There is a member with a suburban who ran his exhaust down the outside of the frame all the way from the collectors, looked like a good idea plenty of room out there....can't seem to find it in the search though.

Found pics but not the thread.

Breathing life back into dead threads...lol

05-17-2013, 12:29 PM	#1
BigDaddyV Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grand Island, Ne. Posts: 1,110	Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? Alright, I got a great start and got the right headers but I need some ideas on how I can run my exaust so it won't drag when I lay frame. Please post up your pics of exaust routing on layed out trucks __________________ *J. Vess, 6'6", Gearhead, Welder, Fabricator, Nutcase* 1955 Chevy Stepside "Dudley" My daily http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=760288 1972 Chevy C10, Project "Chevro~Layed out" Nether Storm Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...23#post6007523

05-17-2013, 07:35 PM	#2
BigDaddyV Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grand Island, Ne. Posts: 1,110	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? ttt __________________ *J. Vess, 6'6", Gearhead, Welder, Fabricator, Nutcase* 1955 Chevy Stepside "Dudley" My daily http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=760288 1972 Chevy C10, Project "Chevro~Layed out" Nether Storm Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...23#post6007523

05-17-2013, 09:49 PM	#3
Square_78 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada Posts: 1,237	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? You need shorty headers. Run the exhaust overtop of the transmission x-member. Cut 4" holes through the trailing arm x-member and run the exhaust through there. That's the only way u will get the exhaust from hanging below the frame. This is how mine is done. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ #teamlongbed "I refuse to go disc brakes. I actually love drum brakes. It makes for an adventure." - 50bomb 1978 Chevy shop truck - static 6/8" 1970 GMC 1500 - Accuair eLevel Resto-mod http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=537497

05-17-2013, 10:08 PM	#4
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? One thing's for sure...you need to run the exhaust higher than the bottom of the frame. I run them that way on all my trucks,even 4wds. You'll never see the exhaust on a slammed truck,right? The trailing arm crossmember needs 4" holes so the pipes can run through. The rest is easy and obvious. Any good exhaust man will run it above the frame bottom. Proper full length headers won't hang below the frame rails. I have run them on 4/6 drop,no problem __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-17-2013, 10:28 PM	#5
BigDaddyV Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grand Island, Ne. Posts: 1,110	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? I am cutting the holes as soon as I can get the truck to mu buddies house when I put the deep notches in I was Just trying to get some pics to go off of. But thank you for both of your responses. I have 3.5 in exaust right now and have a set off sweet stainless mid length headers that will keep me high enough. Really Im trying to figure out where to put my flowmasters and then dumps __________________ *J. Vess, 6'6", Gearhead, Welder, Fabricator, Nutcase* 1955 Chevy Stepside "Dudley" My daily http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=760288 1972 Chevy C10, Project "Chevro~Layed out" Nether Storm Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...23#post6007523

05-18-2013, 04:56 AM	#6
mac808 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Honolulu Hawaii Posts: 313	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? I'm in the same place as you. About to C-notch the frame and can't keep my over-axle tail pipe set up. Looks like I will have to dump my tail pipe right out of the muffler end just before it goes over the axle. I've seen other fancy setups with side exit exhausts but I think I'm just going to do a simple turn down tip.

06-02-2015, 07:51 AM	#7
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Pics of exaust on slammed trucks? There is a member with a suburban who ran his exhaust down the outside of the frame all the way from the collectors, looked like a good idea plenty of room out there....can't seem to find it in the search though. Found pics but not the thread. Breathing life back into dead threads...lol Attached Images __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger Last edited by eightbanger; 06-02-2015 at 08:21 AM.



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