Conversion - Exhaust

Once everything was fitted into the best location in the engine bay, the engine was pulled again, final modifications made to the LH firewall and everything was bolted or welded in place. While the engine was out I sent the headers to Performance Coatings in Arlington, TX to be hot-coated using the Ceramichrome process. This cost $175.00 plus tax and shipping, but they shine like mirrors. Terry St. Pierre at The Muffler Shoppe (no relation to Denis?) hung the exhaust—2 ½" Y-pipes into a single 3" pipe down the tunnel in the stock location, over the rear end, to a 40-series Flowmaster muffler in the stock location, with a 3" tailpipe that exits behind the left rear wheel. We couldn’t physically fit anything bigger than 13" wide x 9.75" tall x 4" wide, the smallest Flowmaster available. There just isn’t much room under a Vega for duals if you don’t give up some ground clearance and exit in front of the rear wheels. The 3" pipes should flow well enough, probably better than a stock ’96 Camaro. Total cost for the exhaust from the headers connectors to the tailpipe was $545.00.

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