Opinion on sidepipes
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Opinion on sidepipes
I wanted to get your guys opinions on these sidepipes. Stay away and just buy Hookers?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-82...mZ180294950245
and then he has a link from there for a "kit" to hook up to existing exhaust. Is this to hook sidepipes up to stock manifolds???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180294947924
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-82...mZ180294950245
and then he has a link from there for a "kit" to hook up to existing exhaust. Is this to hook sidepipes up to stock manifolds???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180294947924
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Ditto..... they look and fit like Crap !
Pass on them and go for Hookers for Performance,
or the stock looking pipes and covers.
69VETT
Pass on them and go for Hookers for Performance,
or the stock looking pipes and covers.
69VETT
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Nothing beat's a pair of Hookers ! you can even run them to your stock manifolds, three are blocked off and one is piped . I recomend intalling a flex. stainless steel braided ! no movement and less wear on the mounts. { my 2 cents}
JRL
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Makes about as much sense as mounting the pipes to the side for looks and leaving the stock exhaust in.
Drifting
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I know this forum is partial to the Hooker sidepipes. I had a set on my 68 BB Roadster. Yes, they look tough and sound is killer. I kept burning plug wires until I dimpled a tube. The tubes were too big for 427 low end torque. Now I have quality hedmans, 2 1/2 pipes, turbos with chrome tips out the back. Just about perfect with the jet-black paint.
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Don't buy them
Don't buy the pipes you showed on ebay . They mount under the rockers and sit too low. They will drag on almost everything, and those hookup pipe kits will not work. Invest your money in a good set of pipes.
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Yes, but you get rid of the "y" pipe and allow better breathing and no more cat. a lot less wait. and then you can add the headers over the winter.....
But of course you'r right to some degree
thanks
jrl
But of course you'r right to some degree
thanks
jrl
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