Depends. Some are easier to work with than others. Are you going with a Flowmaster cat-back system or just welding/clamping the mufflers in with the stock pipes? Regardless, you should be able to do it in an afternoon with basic hand tools. If you have access to a side post lift, even better
Yeah, what GTRocks said. That's a day in the life of a hotrodder- but it's all worth it right? Thank you Hissin... I think...? Not sure if that was a jibe or a compliment, so I'll take it as a happy mix of each I'm just like anybody else guys, whether I talk like it or not. Remember, I'm the one who cut my tailpipes off with a sawzall because I wasn't [proficient] enough to snake them through my new panhard bar.(and if I'd been determined to snake them through, I wouldn't have finished it up in one afternoon )
As for those stubborn rusties you'll no doubt encounter, it's a good idea to soak it all down the night before with a product like Blaster, so they'll come off easier. I don't recommend WD-40 for this, it'll just evaporate by the time you come out to get to work the next day. The best tool to get you out of a jamb is the good ol' smoke wrench, but I know many people don't have, or have access to, a blow torch. I've made it work with a portable camping style torch (the kind you get at Walmart or the hardware store, with the removable gas bottle; cheap- like $20) it just takes a little longer. The nice thing about replacing everything is that you can take a saw to the factory stuff if it doesn't want to come un bolted. (unless, of course, you'll need to re-install the factory H pipe to get through emissions every couple years) When you're putting it all back together use locknuts and neverseize on the bolts; so you can get it off easier next time... as there will invariably be a next time, unless you're springing for a stainless system that will outlive your grandkids.
Thank you Hissin... I think...? Not sure if that was a jibe or a compliment, so I'll take it as a happy mix of each I'm just like anybody else guys, whether I talk like it or not.
Stangbear, that was nothing but compliment. im always eager to see what you have to say, and have picked up some good stuff from you.
as for my comment, i had just read your trans removal reponse on another thread, in which you do the clutch swap in an unconventional, much less labor intensive way. that was what was on my brain.
we are cool - im sorry you took that comment as a jab; it was not at all.