Exhaust system transplant from 93 to 88

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

My 88LX exhaust system has sprung a leak and can't be tested for a smog certificate renewal. Midas wants $400+ to replace everything aft of the catalytic converter. I'm thinking of taking the entire exhaust system (everything from the 3-bolt attach point just behind the grill to the tail pipe) from my latest 93 parts car over to the LX.

I'm wondering if everything is the same. I know the carb'd cars have a large-diameter molded S-shaped hose that connects somewhere on or near the catalytic converter. Is this stuff all the same on fuel-injected models? Aside from the 3 bolts up front, is it just rubber hangar brackets? Will I have any interference from engine support, suspension, or anything else in trying to transplant the entire exhaust system in one piece?

[Gforcefd]

well when i put my new exhaust on it was a real pain just to get the main section from the cat back to the muffler pipe on the rubber mounts, I don't know if your going to be able to move it around enough to hang it without dissambly of some parts.

I could be wrong but I don't think you have to worry about the years on the festivas, the exhausts are the same. The 02 sensor should be up on the manifold on all festiva's right?

Logan

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

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Sure, the sensor on the exhaust manifold (Is is oxygen?) is the same, but I know there's a double-right-angle large(3/4") dia hose that connects somewhere near the fwd end of the cat.

I'm disassembling a 92 soon. I'll get him over on his back wtihin a week or two and pull his exhaust (which is probably rotten) to see what it's like. surely the 93 will be the same as the 92.

[mechanicaldj]

fuel injected festys do not have the AIR tube that the carbs have,
so it will not work.

but i think you can use everything behind the catalytic converter on either

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

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Right. The only gotcha there is whether or not I can successfully disconnect the pipes from the aft end of the catalytic converters on both donor and recipient.