Do-it-yourself straight piping on a 1st Gen

[Firstgenfanatic]

I just went out and bought 3ft of 3" exhaust pipe and 2 clamps. Has anyone on here done their own straight pipe work? I'm just replacing the muffler section......thats it. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

[PToombs]

That's what I did on mine at first. I used 2 couplers (3"id x 3"id", welded them to the 3' pipe, then put the pipe in with the clamps. It sounded .

[Firstgenfanatic]

Well, no more in driveway exhaust fabbing for me. I tried to straight pipe my pickup tonight with clamps and hand-tools (don't have a welder). 3hrs later I have the muffler cut off, a pile of clamps and straps, and no way to secure it perminantly. After this, I'm never doing exhaust stuff on my own again. I can see it being easy if you have a welder........but clamps and hand tools is not gonna cut it. Time to fork out some cash and it get professionally done at the local muffler shop.

[Ace]

I thnik the "straps" part is probably where you went wrong. You need slip-fit couplers to mate the tubes. It can be done with the right sized couplers and clamps.

[Firstgenfanatic]

Happy to report that the exhaust work has been taken care of. It now sounds good.