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Old June 4th, 2018, 09:15 PM
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1978 98 dual exhaust

dunno why I delayed for 2 years, but the regency is now an antique reg so I can do whatever I want to it.


step 1: dual exhaust.


WHERE? lol


gimme some hints on where I can even start to look for parts?


the I pipes and exhaust pipes I can get done in 409


mufflers are a wash.


muffler hangers and tails are the hard part.


I have been googling all night, even hoping some old caprice cop stuff was listed...but nothing around and I am sure one of yinz has done it....


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Old June 5th, 2018, 05:16 AM
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Just go to your local exhaust shop. They should be able to fabricate a dual exhaust system without any troubles.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to find any pre-fabricated systems for your car. Even if you could find a system for a Chevy Impala or Caprice it would be different up front since the Olds 403 and 350 are different than the Chevy 400 and 350.
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Old June 5th, 2018, 06:35 AM
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You might try Waldron's Exhaust. They built the entire exhaust for my 54 which I could not find available anywhere else and it fit perfectly. Good folks too. Here is a link:

http://waldronexhaust.com/
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Originally Posted by redoldsman
You might try Waldron's Exhaust. They built the entire exhaust for my 54 which I could not find available anywhere else and it fit perfectly. Good folks too. Here is a link:

http://waldronexhaust.com/

called them, they only do OEM, if there was a bend card for duals, they can do it but the last olds dual was the 74's, they have nothing GM b/c for the 77-on styles.


and no one around here bends, the kids are not trained beyond making I-pipes to piece up welded systems that fail


grrrr.


time travel might be easier...
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Old June 5th, 2018, 09:48 AM
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You can get aftermarket mandrel bent dual exhaust kits for the 91-96 Caprice. The frame is essentially the same as on the 77-90 B-body cars, so the pipes fit. Cut off the front section and adapt Olds down-pipes like the ones sold by Pypes. That vintage Caprice also has a dual hump crossmember.
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Old June 5th, 2018, 10:32 AM
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leave it to the old olds guy to have chevy info the B body guys dont....I had asked exactly that and was told no!


and u mean to say the 91-96 cross is double humped?


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Originally Posted by quaddriver
leave it to the old olds guy to have chevy info the B body guys dont....I had asked exactly that and was told no!

"Old"??? Hey, I resemble that remark!



and u mean to say the 91-96 cross is double humped?

Not all of them, unfortunately, but the Impala SS and the 9C1 cars came with dual exhaust, so yes.
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Here is the Walker Dynomax dual exhaust kit. You can get these parts from RockAuto. I guess these are cat-back, so you may need to bridge a section of straight pipe from the Pypes downpipes to these front pipes.


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