Gotta Love Craigslist

[procketus]

Found this deal tonight. Hopefully they will call tomorrow and I can go get it.

Craigslist link

If this does truly fit an '80, I think I read the Tranny crossmember needs to be changed. Is that correct? Oh and my car does have headers.

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

Dual exhaust, no cats? Not stock parts for an '80 AFAIK.Don't know of any reason to pull the crossmember.

 

[procketus]

There was a Cat under there. The previous owner put a cheater pipe in and did a hack job on some of the welding. It also hangs down way lower than it should. Call me old school, but a true dual exhaust woulb be more to my liking. Besides with the work that has been done on motor it would probably free it up a little.

Can anyone tell from pics if that is close to the right shape as far as bends go?

 

[procketus]

Here's a comparison. Going to have to crawl under there and see if I can route those for enough clearance.
//http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1980-81-Corvette-Exhaust-System_W0QQitemZ250486781551QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3a522cf66f&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

 

[damoroso]

Tried both of the links, couldn't get them to work. If you're looking for another trans though (based on the cross memeber commment) I can share what I had to do to get a 2004r into my 81. Turns about 1700 at just over 70mph now.....

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

Tried both of the links, couldn't get them to work.

The OP inserted one too many http/'s in his links.

Again, the pipes for sale are not stock pieces for an '80, they look like pipes for a '74 or earlier. In any case, they were made to bolt up to cast iron exhaust manifolds, not headers.

 

[procketus]

Actually putting in a 2004R is or was on my list of things to do. But, now the wife wants to know what it would take to convert to a 4 speed. I just told her $$$$$$$$$.

 

[damoroso]

Actually, I looked at going manual, though I looked at a 5 speed conversion. It was about twice what the 2004R was! I spent about $2500 in the core and parts including the torque converter for my conversion. I added a billet OD Ring Gear, a super heavy duty rear planetary, a hardened turbine shaft, modified forward drum, heavy duty servo, billet sun shell. That added about $1000 to the build price (I did the build), but it should hold up fine behind the big block!

The core was only $40.00 so you could easily build one for about $1000 including a torque converter...

The manual conversion from the automatic was looking like it was going to be about $4500-$5000, but that was for a new Tremec 5 speed....