Shorty Headers, Bagged truck, Exhaust ??

[jasonrmorrow]

Ok i searched and searched, got a few good pics, i got my Hooker "most chevy car" shorty headers at the ceramic coaters right now...ditching the full length headers/xpipe/front of axle dumps

I think the best/only option to get the exhaust higher than it is now, is to run it straight back close to the frame rails and cut some holes in the crossmember, no h pipe, and dump them down and out immediatly after the crossmember to avoid the trailing arms. I have offset in/offset out flowmasters that i want to keep, and the pic below has the mufflers in a spot where that would work well. They actually look like center in/offset out. I don't really want to have to buy new mufflers, so many extra costs after the frickin airbags.

or is it possible to kick it outside the frame rail easily, the only way i see it possible is to bring it UNDER the frame which would make it just as big a problem as it is now. I don't think a 3" hole in the frame rail would be good.