Would a ball/socket exhaust type flange provide enough movement to keep the crossover from cracking? I really don't care for the flex joints (worked for GM alittle too long I guess) and I'd really like to have the ease of removal a ball flange would provide...

I can't speak from experience, but IMHO I don't think it will survive. The ball socket will provide angularity relief, but you need room for thermal expansion which will include longitudinal movement. I don't think a ball socket will allow enough of that. Just my

Randy

Same answer... I don't have experiance with it, but I can tell you from an engineering perspective it "won't work"... but there are lots of things from an engineering perspective that "won't work", but have plenty of sucess in real life...

I used a ball socket on my last setup and it worked fine. Sealed easily and made things real easy to remove. Went to dual flex pipes and a vband and that damn vband never seals properly. Wish I went with the ball fange.