Exhaust system

So I started putting the exhaust back on. I fought the oe catted h-pipe for a good 3 hours. I closed up the egr pipe because I don't have any of the other pieces. I may eventually revive it.

I bent the transmission bracket which a wrench because it was wonky on the drivers side and finally just put it on my belly and knees and muscled it into place. 

Then I see the mid pipes are custom cut to the bbk h-pipe. The oe pipe has about a 1 inch difference between the short and long tubes.

The bbk is about 3.5 between the short and long tubes.


After a think, I decide I will extend the oe h-pipe this way the bbk h-pipe still fits.

I ordered 2x 2.25 exhaust extensions from amazon and they will be here Friday. I can just cut the flanges off the oe pipe and butt weld it out from under the car and slit and clamp the pipe over the oe tube. 
The I installed the O2 sensors just to button things up. 
I still have to save the speedometer cable from getting melted by the header.

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