exhaust routing

[chero69gt]

 Good afternoon, all. I recently reinstalled the factory trans cross member on my 57 Custom. I modified it to clear the pan on my C6. As a result, I need to have my exhaust redone. The muffler shop that I normally use told me that there is not enough room to run 2 1/2 inch pipe over the cross member and between it and the floor pan. It looks like there is plenty of room to me, and Im sure that I have seen other 57s with the exhaust run like this, so, what do you think. If you have the larger pipes like mine has, how do you rout them on your car?

                                      Thanks,  Roger

[RICH MUISE]

Mine are 2 1/2 (? I'll doublecheck, they are modified Cobra off road pipes), and I ran them over the crossmember. I also have a modified oem crossmember. It's close, and I haven't gone beyond the H-pipe yet. After everything is run I'll make hangers, etc. May need some type of heat resistant pads for the floorboards/crossmember to keep them from banging. I'm going to modify the e-brake cable/lever assy to get it away from the exhaust a bit more....3rd pic, red lined
I didn't want them hanging down below the crossmember.

I just went out and looked....Mine are 2 1/2, and I measured almost 3 1/2 between the floorboard and the crossmember.

[Raven Rider]

Rich I wish the top side of my RW looked as good as your cars underside.  Dang that is clean.

[RICH MUISE]

many many many hours! Thanks. The spiders love it. Needs a good wash..4 years of shop dust and a bit of overspray in places.

[chero69gt]

 Rich, thanks for the info and the pics. Also, I agree on the comments about the
under side of your car. It looks great! Looks better than the top of mine. lol

                                                  Roger

[RICH MUISE]

Rereading my first post...I should clarify..."I also have a modified crossmember". The mods I did do not change the clearance between the floorpan and the crossmember from the oem....just less road clearance because of added gussets.