My banks sidewinder system takes up so much room on the passenger side
engine bay that I have to disconnect the first exhaust pipe and shake it loose in the next exhaust pipe to change my glow plugs:
The first exhaust pipe begins with a six bolt and gasket connection to the turbocharger.
It would be easier to disconnect (rather than shaking) the first pipe if it were connected to the next exhaust tube with a similar six bolt and gasket connection. Then I could just unbolt it at the start from the turbocharger and unbolt it at the other end from the next tube too.
Does anybody use such a connection farther down the exhaust system rather than clamping one tube into the next?
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Old Smokey: 85 GMC 3/4 ton long bed crew cab originally a 5.7 gas engine now with an 84 6.2 with a 92 serpentine belt system, a banks sidewinder, torque converter, and a shift kit. I bought her this way from someone handy - and now am trying to figure out how all this truck works.
The Old Smokey project:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=390518