Transmission crossmember for true duals and ground clearance

[alignman88]

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eBay seller SHORTBEDSWAP sells these for about $150 vs. $300+ that I’ve seen for running long tube headers and duals keeping the 3” exhaust tubes tucked up tight. Link where I discovered it is the first link. Second link he discusses using Speed Engineering 3” stainless exhaust kit for 99-06 & 07 up trucks but it will work on 88-98 trucks as he points out. His truck still has the LT style engine and 700r4 trans. as does mine but works fine with the later model exhaust. Ive seen killer deals on Speed Engineering scratch n dent sale stuff and it’s a bargain for 3” stainless stuff.

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[1998_K1500_Sub]

It's an interesting solution to the problem...

but the original crossmember looks a heck of a lot stronger.

 

[b454rat]

I haven't done many exhausts on these trucks, but always thought there was plenty of room to run duals.

 

[Erik the Awful]

I think a good exhaust guy should be able to run dual 2.5", including cats, without a special crossmember. I'm not a good exhaust guy, so I built a dropped crossmember to clear my cats.

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[alignman88]

Well I bought it because I’m running long tube headers with 3” collectors and 3” stainless out with @ 450 HP in a truck that’s lowered and can go lower and my size 13 on the pedal. I’m building this one to drive the crap out of and run Power Tours and other random road trips. Keeping floor heat down is high on my list, cab has 80 mil Killmat and thermal barrier backed carpet. Spent a 3,500 mile Power Tour in my ‘29 roadster and hot feet in the summer ain’t no fun .

And I’m old