Got it done today,,, sounds great...only got to drive 2 miles back home,but felt good, tomorrow will be test day...got 2.5" from the 2 1/4" 'starter" pipe, that hooks on to my stock exh manifold, got a H pipe in , runs great by the 2 sched. 40 Flowmasters that I ended up using to my TA splitters ...got the clearance I wanted...test drive hopefully will tewll how performs, Ill also find out if ANY scraping happens where I used to scrape...I assume not. Thanks to all who responded with Ideas , photos etc