Wife comes home, saying car is noisy. I listen to it. Look at the exhaust. One of the mufflers input pipes has broken off the flange.

 

And I notice the 1 thin pipe comes from the catalytic, back to a y. Then to 2 *different* mufflers. Form over function stuff drives me nuts. Grr.

I agree with you re form vs function, never liked the idea of splitting a single pipe to go to two mufflers to create duel exhaust. Just more pipe and an extra muffler to go bad and needing replacement. Convert to a single exhaust, if you can find a mom & pop exhaust shop that custom bends pipes to get the job done. Engine performance will not change.

That's what I was thinking. The pipe is smaller than my Loyales pipes were, and I made my own 2" system for those.