Dual exhaust broken

[swampedout]

Hey folks, previous owner welded up dual exhaust pipes on the truck: they run off the engine, drop down parrallel, dual cats, then split out back.
Driver side weld recently seperated completely after the cat. Is this an issue I need to fix immediately?
Luckily the break is clean but all I have is a stick welder and Id probably blow the metal out if I mess with it.

[Gary Lewis]

I don't think it is an issue.  It'll be loud, but the cat should muffle it some.

[ArdWrknTrk]

My buddy Alex had an '86 with an I-6 and ALL he had was the Cat.

It sounded fine once I welded up some hangers and got a pipe on it to get it out from under the truck so the drone was gone.

I don't know how half a V-8 would sound?
I guess that depends on the mufflers that are installed.

I'd be concerned if the head pipe was gone and the exhaust was pointing at the saddle tank.

[swampedout]

My main concern that the unbalanced exhaust is going to mess with the engine.
Then the heat under the truck, especially the tanks as you said. Its a couple feet from the rear tank. The break is right at the cab/bed split.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Once it's out of the engine and there's enough pipe to keep the back of the exhaust valve from cold shock you are not "hurting" the engine.

And I wouldn't worry too much about the rear tank (with 4+' and a cross member in front of it)

Just find someone with a mig or tig to fix it when you can.

[swampedout]

Great!

Thanks for helping me out with that. It eases my mind because I have too much maintenance to do already.