Camaro Gen 3

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Evening all,

Now, I'm selling my brothers Gen 3 1988 Camaro for him as he is tied up with work, it's in for an MOT on Thursday, but I know it will need a rear box and centre section (it doesn't have a rear box and might as well change the centre section). Can anyone recommend a place to get it from in the UK as I have zero experience with American cars, I just know about this one!

Many thanks.

Oh, it's a 5.0 V8 1988 incase anyone has the bits laying about!

[LuS1fer]

Just get a stainless one made up. The import costs and shipping drive up yank exhausts to silly levels.

[irocfan]

LuS1fer said:

Just get a stainless one made up. The import costs and shipping drive up yank exhausts to silly levels.

^^^ This - quite a few places out there'll make you an exhaust for a reasonable sum. Alternatively just give it a straight through system

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I think the straight through system is going to be a way forward on this one... Plus it'll sound better too.

[LuS1fer]

It depends where the cats are. the 3rd gen has a pipe routed along the sill and over the axle. Long runs of pipe cause drone so it can be counter-productive. I would have a min-bullet before the rear axle and two small after the axle.

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There are no cats on the car, it's pre cat 1988 and runs down the centre of the car. Currently ending by the rear diff.

[irocfan]

LuS1fer said:

It depends where the cats are. the 3rd gen has a pipe routed along the sill and over the axle. Long runs of pipe cause drone so it can be counter-productive. I would have a min-bullet before the rear axle and two small after the axle.

dude 3rd gens pipes run nowhere near the sill....

[LuS1fer]

irocfan said:

dude 3rd gens pipes run nowhere near the sill....

Maybe not on TPI cars but they did on my 4 barrel 87 Z28....so now we both learnt something.

[irocfan]

LuS1fer said:

irocfan said:

dude 3rd gens pipes run nowhere near the sill....

Maybe not on TPI cars but they did on my 4 barrel 87 Z28....so now we both learnt something.

wow!! I'd not have thought that there was room for them



we do indeed learn something new

[LuS1fer]

Those aren't standard headers now are they!

As you can see in this pic, the '87 Z28 ran to one side:


It sticks with me because the location caused the inner sill to corrode behind the pipe. The LG4 also had the rubbish EGR valve set-up.

[irocfan]

lol serves me right TBH - I'd forgotten about the rears. Real sad thing is I've owned about 5 of the feckers! <blush>