I'm about to order these sidepipes and was wondering what all I needed to mount them with?

 

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ho...FRQV7AodVkIAfw

It's my understanding the above will work, I just ordered them for my OBX sidepipes as well

 

The tee bolts are carbon steel. Get some 304SS nuts from your local hardware store and you'll never have a problem getting the hardware loose when you want or need to change the muffler insert. Been using SS for 10 years plus on mine.

 

Thanks a lot guys.

 

that's all I needed other than the pipes themselves been lovin them ever since

 

I forgot, you will need better gaskets and most likely have to drill out 2 holes on the headers to make them line up better with the heads

 

I had pics in my build thread but they aren't showing up, I will post them here. You will need the sidepipe mount kiit, offered by the "American Made" company which makes sidepipes. You will need a different alternator bracket/mount.

IDENTICAL to the other brand that is out there, the "American Made" one



After installed and running, I had an exhaust leak, there was a pin hole where they missed welding. It was an easy fix, I am very satisfied with this system.



Before mounting sidepipe and before putting header in car, get an idea of how far the sidepipe will slide on - mark it with tape





May have to strategically trim here and there




Slip right in from bottom of car




Allen head, 1 inch bolts for best clearance


T bolts that pop into frame


Some people use dental floss, I think wire is best...to hold T bolts in place while putting sidepipes on, if not they will fall into frame, which if that does happen they are easy to get out - especially after it happens 3 or 4 times haha




Cut wire after






Before mounting sidepipe and before putting header in car, get an idea of how far the sidepipe will slide on - mark it with tape




Had to shorten one bolt, due to tube diameter, I put a nut on as a guide before cutting


After cut and here is the allen wrench that we have been using for over 20 years on tight header bolts



Had to cut a steel sheetmetal flap that was covering the factory sidepipe mounting hole for the sidepipes


Can be done with starter in place, at least in my car was fine




Also had to round the head on the shortened bolt to clear tube


...and had to chamfer hole on the flange for the shortened bolt - I have heard the same being done with the ones that are "American Made"


Tight like a tiger, I had to tighten it with channel lock pliers, rather then the allen wrench but could modify an allen wrench to fit






















NOT a bracket I made, this was another one sitting around but is essentially the same thing I put on the Corvette, it allows the alternator to mount off the front header bolts on the first header tube


Although these are both made to mount an alternator off the header bolts, these two pieces didnt sit just right, so I took the grinder and modified it so it would sit flat against each other

 

Thanks BostonCamaro. That's a lot of good information.