Magnaflow exhaust - Hotchkis rear sway bar - interference???

[DAVEN1256]

Has anyone been able to install a Magnaflow dual exhaust system with a Hotchkis rear sway bar also installed.?

This is the Magnaflow part number 15896......2 1/2 inch pipe with dual mufflers with the tail pipes exiting the mufflers and going up and over the axle housing.

The reason I ask is because, unlike any other dual exhaust complete system I have seen out there for first gen Camaros, the Magnaflow system's mufflers are splayed instead of being parallel to each other. The back of the mufflers are pointed slightly outwards.

The Hotchkis sway bar uses vertical "dogbone" connectors to attach the sway bar itself, which is fastened to the axle housing, to the support bracket that is connected to the frame rails. The way the mufflers are splayed outward, it looks like tailpipes coming out of the mufflers are going to come very close to those vertical dogbone connectors if not run right into them.

It also looks like the sway bar support bracket that attaches to the frame rails might interfere with the Magnaflow muffler hangers which bolt to the factory threaded holes in the floor board.

So before I spend $800 on the Magnaflow system only to find out it interferes with the sway bar, I was wondering if anyone has successfully used this combination  or if it's been tried and can't be done.

Thanks.......Dave

[69Z28-RS]

Your question is probably best asked (and answered) in the Team Camaro site, as that is where MOST of the modified Camaro owners spend their time; CRG is predominantly for *original* configuration Camaros.

[bcmiller]

Gary is correct. I certainly don’t have an answer.

My thoughts though include “any non-original configuration will take some extra time for custom fitting”.

[DAVEN1256]

Thanks for the replies. I posted this at Team Camaro at the same time I posted here.

Dave