3 in exhaust revisited

[SVOsocool]

OK...I did a search and found lots of good info, but I have one question that I did not see an obvious answer to. If I want to switch to a better exhaust and want to add a 3 in downpipe, will it bolt straight up to the elbow or do I need to buy something else or have something made? I read about wastegates and stuff, but to be honest, I'm not sure if I needed any modifications beyond having them put the exhaust on and making it fit up to the elbow. I was planning to take it to the shop tomorrow and I wanted to make sure I knew what I was talking about when I get there. Thanks again in advance.

[NY eric]

Depends

The sac mustang pipes will bolt right up to the stock elbow. If you are going custome get the short one. if you are using a cat back system on an 85.5 or 86 get the long one. ATR you will have to remove the stock wastegate and probably break a few bolts in the process. it depends on your pain threshold.

LOL

Edit"
I reread your post and to be honest if you have a compitent shop they could remove the end from your stock pipe and mate it to a new pipe. Basically that is how the sac mustang pipe is made.

[Pro-Hawk]

I was out driving the ole SVO today and the muffler fell off. So I finnaly had a 3" exhaust system installed or atleast to the muffler after that is just 2.5". I did this because my shop couldn't mandural bend pipes and I'm going to order some bent in "u" mandurals. Anyways since I wasn't planning on doing this just yet, I didn't have a down pipe. The shop made a really nice pice that works great. The car is so much more fun now and almost like learning to drive it all over again