1970 Corvette LT-1 Exhaust System

The 1970 Corvette LT-1 consisted of 2 1/2″ front pipes and rear pipes” 2″ outlet mufflers with chrome extensions.The LT-1 system had a unique swaged down 2″ section on each of the front pipes which no company other than Gardner offers. Our reproduction LT1 exhaust system comes correct front pipes, correct rear pipes with wrinkles, correct flanges, extensions, donuts, sealant, guillotine clamps, mufflers, installation instructions and diagrams. Reproduction center hanger and muffler hangers are available as well as heat riser and stud kit. Our system comes with flats and wrinkles in rear pipes as original and guillotine clamps for center exhaust hanger but opened style clamps for tips. Ask about our concourse show package for the hobbiest who can’t stand surface rust.

1970 LT-1 Exhaust System (Raw Steel)

1964 - 1973 Corvette 2 1/2" Center Exhaust Hanger

Although this hanger is not one of our reproductions it is an excellent reproduction of the original hanger and we offer it with no apprehension.

1968 - 1972 Corvettte Muffler Hangers

The hangers we offer for this application are the correct GM replacement hangers. They come with the correct screws and attaching hardware. They can be compared to the orgiinals at the lower right of the the accompanying picture

Corvette Heat Riser

This is the correct small block heat riser for the 1957 - 1972 small block corvettes. Our heat risers come with the correct Corvette small block gasket. Our heat risers are available with any of our heat risers are available with any of our 1957 to 1972 corvette small block non high performance exhaust systems.

Chevy Stud Kit

These are the correct Chevy extensions and donut gaskets that were used in the head pipes of every chevy from 1957 up until 1972. They come as part of any Gardner Exhaust Chevy Kit

1957 - 1973 Extensions and Gaskets

These are the correct Chevy extensions and donut gaskets that were used in the head pipes of every chevy from 1957 up until 1972. They come as part of any Gardner Exhaust Chevy Kit

1970 - 1971 Corvette Tips

Although these tips are not our own reproduction we have compared them to originals and they are a very nice reproduction. They are chrome platedd as original and come with the correct notch on the top of the tip. These tips were used on all the 1970 corvettes and a portion of the 1971's. They are available with either of these systems.

Sealant

Originally a clear silicon sealant was used in all the joint to joint connections on most exhaust systems. This was referred to as "grease" in the assembly manual but it was a clear sealant like the one pictured here. After analyzing original samples off our pipes and searching incessantly we came up with a match with the sealant pictured here. This sealant comes as part of any Gardner Exhaust Kit