I've recently purchased and rebuilt this 2000 Camaro 3.8l that came with pacesetter headers and magnaflow exhaust. I got the exhaust on yesterday and went to do an oil change and the damn ypipe blocks the oil drain plug from being removed. The plug hardly comes out halfway before contacting the exhaust. Has anyone dealt with this?

When I installed the exhaust to the manifold I couldn't find what gasket was supposed to be used, the stock gasket didn't fit, so I used rtv.

 

have you tried loosening the bolts on the y pipe and seen if you can shift it around enough to allow bolt to clear?

 

I have, because of how it is angled every time I tighten it, it just brings it closer to the bolt. If I unbolt the driver side, the gap is just barely large enough to remove the bolt. Its possible I'm lacking the gasket necessary, that may provide a large enough gap to remove the bolt, but the OEM gaskets I purchased didn't seem compatible with these headers, the gasket refused to center. I've since thrown them out, 🤦