Finding an off-the-shelf exhaust system for your current hot rod project can be, well, problematic. The issue is that your new exhaust system must deal with a lot of variables, from engine location to header choice, and to make it more challenging, it has to wind its way around a lot of parts such as the rear suspension. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a bolt-on kit perfect for your application, but chances are you won't.
That leaves two choices: Open your wallet wide and have a custom system built, or grab a universal exhaust kit from Summit Racing, break out your tools, fire up your welder, and make a semi-custom system of your own.
Our problem was nobody makes a kit for our recent ZZ632 big-block swap into our 1957 Chevy called Project X. The biggest issue we had was the over-the-frame headers that were going to require some serious work to route and get back to a pair of mufflers. The ZZ632 moves a lot of air, so we wanted to run 3.5-inch pipes, and the perfect builder's kit turned out to be Summit's Universal Rod Builder Exhaust Kit (PN SUM-670243) made from 409 stainless steel.
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What Is Pro Street?
You know it when you see it.
Pro Street in Pure Vision
Builder Steve Strope weighs in on the Pro Street look and what he would build today.
THE GAS ERA LIVES ON
These vintage race cars chart the evolution of technology in the early days of drag racing.
MOTOR HEAD FOR LIFE
Scott Sullivan is one of the original Pro Street pioneers. He still builds cars today out of a small shop in Dayton, Ohio.
BRINGING BACK PRO STREET!
David Freiburger and Roadkill Garage built a Pro Street Nova.
SWEET ASPIRATIONS
Jerry and Matthew Sweet added an 800ci Pro Stock mountain motor to chase HOT ROD Drag Week's Pro Street NA Record.
Making Bad Decisions Badder
Bradley Gray's 1970 Nova is a Hybrid! It's a streetable Funny Car.
ART PROJECT
This Rad Rides by Troy-built '63 split-window Corvette went from restaurant prop to ripping up the street!
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
THE PRO STREET ERA PEAKED IN THE '80S. ARE WE IN THE BEGINNING OF A RESURGENCE?
Making Connections
Project T-top Coupe: We install a Terminator X Max for big power.