I bought an aluminized Magnaflo exhaust system from Corvette Central a couple of years ago.  It went on fairly easy, sounds good and still looks great 2 years later... no rust.  

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I was in NAPA today and noticed they had a new product for muffler repair displayed right on the counter. 

The exhaust systems supplied by Corvette Central are excellent.  I've had one and it went on without problems at all.  In fact, I've never heard anything but positive things about their systems.

There's no real reason not to go with an aluminized exhaust system.  It will last nearly as long as stainless steel and is a lot easier to work with.  Aluminized will last indefinitely.  My daily driver has a factory aluminized exhaust and with nearly eleven years and 120k miles it's still in fine shape.  

Just installed a new system from Corvette Central. Aluminized with Magnaflow mufflers behind my 454 and Heddman Headers. Had to do some welding for the connection to the headers but everything fit great and I found there price to be very good. Love the sound of the Magnaflows, not to loud but sounds great.

We sell systems from Allens.  They buy their raw materials from the same place as Corvette Central, and are small enough to be flexible.  We often order mufflers with one less baffle for a little crisper sound.  Price is about the same.

Larry

I had my pipes from the headers back and Magnaflow mufflers done at a local muffler shop. It was all custom bent tubes to fit real nice underneath. No matter how you go with your pipes top it off with Magnaflows, they sound very good.

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Aaron

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Hi Mike.....

Kind of depends on you. If you are wanting OEM you are going to have to do some research for that. Mabe your local Chevrolet garage can help.

If you wanting OEM like fit then one of the Corvette parts suppliers close to you would work. (Close to you to keep shipping charges down.)

They all sell similar and reliable products that they stand behind.

If your not wanting to do the work then maybe a local custom work shop would be the answer.

It depends on what is a value for you. As far as patching the exisiting system to me that would be a waste of money. If it is bad now it won't get any better until replaced. Since the car isn't a daily driver it can sit until the funds become available to do it right.

Take the money for the patch kit and apply it to a system you will be happy with.

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Are you maintaining the stock look in case of a future sale or would you be willing to make a change to get better performance without modification.

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Corvettes and women are the same...You want to make love to them but they keep breaking down.

I've never had any good luck patching mufflers and pipes.  The effort always seems like a waste of time and money, to me anyway.

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Jim Olson 

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Mike:....

I have a rear "Y" pipe and a set of mufflers that were on my 79 for about 6 months (sio they look brand new) that you can have a a very reasonable (read pretty cheap) price ....  HOWEVER I believe your cross member only has one hole in it for an exhaust pipe..So I do NOT know if the entire rear Exhaust set up is identical or not...

Bob Griffiths 
Just up the pike from you in Frederick