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Old 09-23-2003, 08:49 PM
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Default C5 Exhaust for a C3?

I just love the way the 4 oval tips look on a C5 exhaust setup, anyone know if the 90 degree twisted muffler setup can be adapted to fit under a C3? I'm deleting the spare tire entirely so that's not an issue.

I'm going to glass in my rear filler panel on my '69 and put in a slight curved area in the center like the C5 to accomodate the tips, but I'm wondering if the body is wide enough to house the mufflers??

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Old 09-23-2003, 08:53 PM
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Default Re: C5 Exhaust for a C3? (reidry)

it would definitly look cool...especially with the corsa double GTR tips (i think thats what they are called) where they are tapered down.
Old 09-23-2003, 09:35 PM
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Default Re: C5 Exhaust for a C3? (reidry)

Anything can be made to fit...improvise, improvise, improvise....just expect tp spend a few solid days at the muffler shop bending pipes, and make sure you have deep pockets...full of Franklins
Old 09-23-2003, 09:44 PM
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Default Re: C5 Exhaust for a C3? (reidry)

Remove the spare tire/carrier and you suddenly have LOTS of room to get creative with exhaust system solutions under the rear of a C3. I don't think there is room to run pipes up/over the half shafts (still have to run them under the diff IMHO) but you could position the mufflers/tailpipes like with the C5.
Old 09-23-2003, 10:44 PM
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Default Re: C5 Exhaust for a C3? (TedH)

try searching, someone on the forum put stock C5 mufflers on his C3, but I can't remember his name.
Old 09-23-2003, 11:44 PM
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Default Re: C5 Exhaust for a C3? (reidry)

79Prowlerorange did it.


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