Exhaust Tail pipe and Muffler removal

[Mu-TangClan]

I've begun removing the exhaust from my donor car (1984 GT with a 302) and so far everything has come out fine. I now need to remove the tail pipes + mufflers and I was wondering if I could unbolt the rear shocks to allow the rear end to descend low enough to allow enough clearance to snake the 2 tail pipes and mufflers the out front. Is this possible and has anyone here by any chance done this?

Thank you kindly,

 

[Wayne Waldrep]

If it's all one piece it would help to be on a lift so you can tilt the exhaust at a steep angle. Depends on what you have there.

 

[Wayne Waldrep]

And another thought....you will have to do this on the next vehicle as well. If you don't have a lift I'd consider making a very thin clean cut a few inches behind the muffler. Reinstall using a stainless steel band clamp. Easy from now on. And not expensive.

 

[Mu-TangClan]

And another thought....you will have to do this on the next vehicle as well. If you don't have a lift I'd consider making a very thin clean cut a few inches behind the muffler. Reinstall using a stainless steel band clamp. Easy from now on. And not expensive.

Yeah fair enough, that'll be much easier. I'd stumbled across a youtuber who'd done it on his 2014 GT in his driveway, was wondering if anyone tried it on their fox. However ease of removal/install going forward with clamps seems a lot less hassle.

Cheers mate.

 

[nickyb]

I got a loaner tailpipe cutter from oreillys,cut as suggested above .It went smooth as butter.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Only way I've gotten s complete exhaust out from under s fox was to remove the entire rear end.

Then it's easy

 

[fredfifty]

cut the tailpipe and buy the band clamps, because cash rules everthing around me.