You are correct about the years. It was my mistake thinking the C3 Corvettes all were very much the same, and they are, the engine is bolted exactly the same from 69 to 82, downpipes from a 350 are the same for all, the crossmember has two holes for pipes at least to my year a 77, the path a dual system takes to the rear of the car is the same, so what turned out to be different is a very small difference in height above the ground that the rear crossmember mounting points are, like maybe an inch difference in height.....and yes I was wrong.

I noticed you didn't answer as to the fact that the emergency brake cable rides hard on the x-pipe, because that is EXACTLY the same on a 68-73, so for anyone buying this exhaust foa 68-73, count on the brake cable riding on top of the x-pipe.....if you are okay with that bad design, then buy it.

 

Boy you are a real piece of work! You admittedly bought a system not designed for use on your car, and you are going to bash a vendor based on what you think you know. You think that's fair huh? You are going to advise forum members on something you have never used. They have a bad design because the wrong part didn't fit your car? You could very well be right, but until you try the right part, you have no right to bash them. And you wonder why they don't answer you? If I were Magnaflow, I would report your post as totally unfair. Wow, I thought I had seen it all!

 

You are a piece of work. People put late model Corvette engines, which are not designed to fit, into C2 and C3 cars. Some of us are smarter enough to realize, with maybe you being the exception, that differences between model years are irrelevant, or something easily adapted to. Hundreds of parts made for a 69 will fit on a 77. I admitted on my previous post that I failed to realize the minor difference in the rear crossmember would affect the mounting. The system they make for a 77 is a catback system, I was trying to use their dual exhaust system, and it almost worked.

I could have made the aft mounting issue work.......but neither you nor Magnaflow still has responded as to the emergency brake cable riding hard on the X pipe, which is pure bubba. And it will do this on the model year they advertise this system for. Magnaflow knows this and makes excuses for its bad fit, saying that the cable rubbing the exhaust won't be a problem. You just chose to ignore it,and probably don't understand the problem. You would if you tried to install their system on your car. So, NO, it does not fit, even on the model years they advertise it for.

 

Oh so model years are irrelevant now! So why don't parts vendors make one part for all years then? I mean, you say everything is easily adaptable. If that was the case, you would have that Magnaflow system on your car! There are hundreds of parts which won't work on my 69 made for your 77. Want me to start listing them?

After a quick search here and elsewhere, I couldn't find any posts related to the problem you claim to have had with this exhaust system. I haven't responded to the problem because I haven't used their system, and unlike you, I would actually use the system before I offered criticism if it didn't fit. Let's see if any other users chime in with the same problem. Either way, you have some huge stones to bash a product you yourself have not used. I guess, as you say, you are just so much smarter than me and all the rest of us. I just hope the mods do right by Magnaflow and delete your post!

 

Yes, I bought their system for $800 plus, put it on the car, and the emergency cable rides over the top, and hard onto the x pipe.....there is no doubt about it, and its pure bubba, and not the way I build or work on cars. The X pipe on a 69 will be exactly in the same spot as on a 77, so there is no adjusting it, unless you start cutting and welding, which goes back to what I said, it does not fit.....unless you are okay with the e-cable riding on top of and hard into the x-pipe. I just don't call that fitting, I call that bubba.

They want to delete my post, feel free.....this is a forum to pass on information, and I am. Just because an advertiser does not like it, does not mean I am wrong. Believe me, for the money I spent and lost on resale, I wanted it to fit. It was well made, looked good, and Magnaflow has a great reputation and sound, just has a design flaw on a C3 Corvette.

If Magnaflow wants to chime in, I want to hear their position on the emergency brake cable. I already read it on a post on a forum somewhere, which I did not write down for future use to prove something to you, and the answer was.something like ....it won't matter, it would take a long time for it to wear into your exhaust or wear the cable....! Again, that's not a good fit, thats bubba. If a person is okay with that type of installation, go for it. I just am not one of them.