[fishadventure]

haven’t been able to find anything online that was more than a 3-bolt set up. Once I get past this speed bump, I should be able to install a basic muffler and route it out with no problem!
thanks for the help in advance!

Amazon- all Walker parts and they support warranty. The cat has the four bolt flange.

You’ve been looking just at cheap universal crp’n’stuff not oem quality.
Amazon has Walker at half the price of parts stores and it fits.

look up the Walker parts. That’s what I use and it’s great quality.
You need the cat. It doesn’t hurt anything and you get cleaner exhaust and odor.

 

[fishadventure]

just cut the flange off, assuming there's enough straight pipe behind it to attach to.

Don’t do that!!!
I used a hole saw and made up a bunch of 4-bolt flanges from 5/16” stock. With a driveshaft event, swapping the transmission, or doing a clutch I can remove and replace the exhaust with no cutting and no damage. The gaskets are like $4
The weld-on 4-bolt flanges can be hard to find and the last time I saw one it was $20- I’m not spending that much on a flange I can make in a few minutes from scraps.

The take-apart capacity is a bonus imho

 

[fishadventure]

I curse the flange and it’s location. Working with just finger tips, fighting the skid plate in the way. I always think This would be a lot easier if it were just a slip joint and a band clamp.

No. Just no! Listen to your inner happy place.
This is your queue to do a tummy tuck and put in a crossmember: I don’t even have to jack mine up to do fluids 😎