I always hated how the factory exhaust placed the cats outside the frame and looped under. For such a beast of an offroad machine it always felt like a dumb oversight that I wanted to change. After smashing my cat on my last wheeling trip, I decided I needed to reroute the exhaust this time around (and install sliders).
I found a set of APS headers on eBay (from Australia) meant for a 105 series that routed exhaust inside the frame. I bought a Flowmaster high flow catalytic converter, a Summit Racing turbo muffler, a short flex pipe, and a kit of mandrel bent 2.5" tubing and set to work fabricating a custom exhaust. This was my first ever attempt at custom exhaust work beyond making a test pipe to delete my second converter. It was a tight squeeze around the transfer case, and I'll probably end up having to delete the rear heater, but it fits and is much safer
I have everything tacked together and hangers placed. Now its time to pull it all out, finish weld, and paint the exhaust before final installation. I'm hoping for a low mellow sound that has some roar at WOT, but hoping it is relatively quiet at idle and cruise.
And yes, I plan to address all the surface rust. I tend to be lazy about cleaning mud off after wheeling and kick myself when I end up with surface rust to clean up.
I found a set of APS headers on eBay (from Australia) meant for a 105 series that routed exhaust inside the frame. I bought a Flowmaster high flow catalytic converter, a Summit Racing turbo muffler, a short flex pipe, and a kit of mandrel bent 2.5" tubing and set to work fabricating a custom exhaust. This was my first ever attempt at custom exhaust work beyond making a test pipe to delete my second converter. It was a tight squeeze around the transfer case, and I'll probably end up having to delete the rear heater, but it fits and is much safer
I have everything tacked together and hangers placed. Now its time to pull it all out, finish weld, and paint the exhaust before final installation. I'm hoping for a low mellow sound that has some roar at WOT, but hoping it is relatively quiet at idle and cruise.
And yes, I plan to address all the surface rust. I tend to be lazy about cleaning mud off after wheeling and kick myself when I end up with surface rust to clean up.