85 x pipe installation

[1985 5.0]

Just got a xpipe from upr products. When i ordered it, the guy told me that i would not need the double hump crossmember to install. . he said that it would bolt on to the back of the headers straight to the mufflers- turns out the back of the pipe will not fit into my mufflers and i am ditching the factory ones to get a set of 2 chamber flows. we did not bother taking the exhaust apart once we saw this would not work. Is the flowmaster inlet different than the inlet on the factory ones? i also noticed that the passenger side muffler is bigger than the driver side.

 

[N8Miller]

just for note: UPR tech isnt known for being the smartest. You most likely WILL need the cross member.
as for the cat-back, i dont know what to do on that.

 

[1985 5.0]

i kind of figured that but oh well. i might as well go get a $20 crossmember from the junkyard before we got everything ready to go. i have heard from somebody that the cougar crossmember would work. the back of the pipe to muffler(pipe doesnt fit into factory mufflers)-does anybody have any recommendations?

 

[N8Miller]

i think that 5.0resto has the crossmembers for like $39 + shipping... something like that.

 

[Dean85GT]

Are you bolting them onto stock 85 headers? I have "heard" that it will fit only you have to retain the heat riser valve.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I believe the stock manifolds on an '85 are an unequal length....as in the collectors end in different spots because the car originally came with a Y pipe....you might want to pick up some '86+ headers from the 'yard while you're there, unless you can afford new headers. My car had a similar problem but i was ditching the stockers anyways so i never really looked into it.

 

[1985 5.0]

yea -these are the stock headers and i dont want to spend 200 with shipping on a set of new headers. and of course this is the off road version b/c i was not going to spend 200 more to get the cats when i dont need to pass emissions.

 

[Dean85GT]

Alright well give us the details after you install it....and tell us if it fits the stock manifolds, cause if it does I'm ordering one as well.