80 corvette exhaust question, weird.
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80 corvette exhaust question, weird.
I have a stock exhaust, 2-1-2. Stock L-48 engine. With the car running, I go behind and feel the exhaust. The passenger side is super hot and the driver side is way less hot. I have a test pipe installed so the converter is out. Still, it feeds the same left right rear mufflers. Shouldn't they be the same temperature?
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This is odd enough that I'm going to go and check. Posting here to hold the spot.
I don't have a thermometer to verify, but I couldn't tell the difference from side to side, either in flow or in temperature. The guys below probably have it right. I'd guess a clog in the muffler.
When I cut up my old cat last year, you wouldn't believe the amount of accumulated crud in there. No reason for the mufflers to be any different.
I don't have a thermometer to verify, but I couldn't tell the difference from side to side, either in flow or in temperature. The guys below probably have it right. I'd guess a clog in the muffler.
When I cut up my old cat last year, you wouldn't believe the amount of accumulated crud in there. No reason for the mufflers to be any different.
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I'm with page 62, the stock Y-Pipe flows into one side and has a pipe welded to the side of it for the other side.
Stick your head under there and examine it. Sounds like it's time for a new exhaust system if it bothers you.
Stick your head under there and examine it. Sounds like it's time for a new exhaust system if it bothers you.
