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Originally Posted by efirth
It's interesting to see the different exhaust systems these cars came with. The one I just purchased has a full dual exhaust system with dual cats and mufflers leading into chrome Y-pipes when asked the original owner about it she was adamant that the exhaust was never replaced. Another one I saw had a transverse muffler mounted between the rear end and gas tank
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The Esprits & base 301 Formulas & TransAms in 1980 came with pellet style cat convertor & a single pipe to the cross flow muffler. The W72 optioned 301 & the LU8 Turbo equipped cars had a different pellet style cat convertor, a Y pipe, & a small muffler for each tailpipe.
Another difference, the base '80 301 4 bbl T/A's (& other low horse Birds) did not have a large grommet in the cowl for the ESC harness to run through. The '80 W72 & LU8 equiiped Formulas & T/A's had that harness & small spark control box mounted behind a block off plate in front of the console. The base '80 301 4bbl T/As that I've had through here, when parted had 2.41 posi rears. All were AC cars. Beginning in the late 80's, I routinely bought early '70's & late '70's & '80's Esprits as a source for very nice Deluxe interior parts, solid straight doors, etc.