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My 68 L79 has the stock exhaust and I feel like it could be a bit more aggressive. I’ve never had a car with chambered exhaust one thing I wondered, does it look odd not having mufflers in the back?
I have Mid America stainless chambered pipes on my 68. I bought them off a buddy that swapped to side pipes on his 71.
Personally I love the sound. Yes they are loud when going thru the gears and hammering the go fast pedal but I don’t mind. Also, they have the best “burble” when you let off the gas....
mufflers in the attic, just in case
My 68 L79 has the stock exhaust and I feel like it could be a bit more aggressive. I’ve never had a car with chambered exhaust one thing I wondered, does it look odd not having mufflers in the back?
Consider Magnaflow mufflers. You will gain a few HP, a tad louder, and not annoying.
I have it on my 72 and I have some videos of both the chambered and the stage II exhaust on Youtube.
Here are the two systems we offer... The chambered is probably our most popular system. It sounds great with a beater camshaft and it sounds great with a stock one. Either system can be ordered for a car with or without headers as well. Keep in mind the 1972 in the second video has a huge camshaft... so it's a bit deceiving... The engine will play a huge roll in how the systems sound.
Personally.. I like the dual chambered systems, one as a resonator and the rear as a muffler. That's what is on the video in the lower section.
But the chambered system below is mellow and sounds way better than the the stock exhaust...
I've got another video on my Youtube channel of Kevin backing the car I call the black knight into the building.
I love this exhaust, but I won't sell or carry the MA exhaust, I've had too many issues with it.
We use Allen's and while it's dis-countable on our site I don't know how much...If you decide to buy it just try the different coupon codes on the front page. Here is the link... https://willcoxcorvette.com/willcox-special-sale
I've had this exhaust on the black car since 2002 and it still looks new and I also have ceramic coated headers on this car (Headman)
I don't know what year your car is but the best rear hanger to install this kit is the 1973 car type. The other issue would be the transmission bracket... if you are going 2.5" you'll need to contact me or change the trans bracket... I can direct you to the correct center bracket. What I'll need to know is the transmission and which system you want to go with. Service@willcoxcorvette.com
Yes, what Ernie said. I have chambered on my big block 4sp 70. The sound at a 700 idle will give you goose bumps. Extreme bad-boy sound rowing the gears with your foot in it. Backing into a space at local Cruise-Ins never fails to draw a small to medium size crowd.
Mr. Aural
Yes, what Ernie said. I have chambered on my big block 4sp 70. The sound at a 700 idle will give you goose bumps. Extreme bad-boy sound rowing the gears with your foot in it. Backing into a space at local Cruise-Ins never fails to draw a small to medium size crowd.
Mr. Aural
You watch that videos of it?
I love this car but sadly... I'm going to sell it... I've owned it for years I've probably only driven it 400 miles in 15 years. Someone else needs to enjoy it. It needs to have the cam removed, the car was built to the customers specs years ago... and then I ended up buying it.... why... don't mention the why part to my wife.. lol..
The heads need to changed back to the original heads.... the cam needs to be lowered.... it's just not a practical car to drive... Damn thing gets like 6 blocks to a gallon.... and besides, if I wan't to go stomping, I've got my old 62 and my 70 convertible to cure that fix.
I'm probably going to post this up in the for sale section in the spring. It is a numbers matching 79k mile original car and I saved all the original parts so the heads are original, We restored this car to the customers liking but personally... it's over-cam'd.
I have the original intake, manifolds, distributor, and the engine is original with a matching trans and rear end.... The car is an AT car though, tilt tele, deluxe interior with goofy fish on the fenders (under the clear coat)... I don't have the original carb... only thing missing and the car was original that fugly orange color.
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I wished the black paint on my 72 looked as good as this one Ernie....Good luck with the sale....I mean if the goofy fish and blue flames bother you that much we could just trade....Mine has neither, but does have Allen's chambered exhaust which I love.
I wished the black paint on my 72 looked as good as this one Ernie....Good luck with the sale....I mean if the goofy fish and blue flames bother you that much we could just trade....Mine has neither, but does have Allen's chambered exhaust which I love.
See.. that to me is how a car should sound. I love this kit...
I don't have any issue with the ghost flames on this car, I love them but those goofy stingrays we air brushed under the clear coat.... I could do without.
The sad part is that this car just sits... It's a great car but like I said, practicality wise... it's not.
I'm probably going to pull the cam, remove the heads (Iron eagle) and put the car back to stock or close.
It's got the MSD kit on it too... (which I advise no one to buy) and I'll probably remove it and put the original distributor back in it. I've just not decided 100 percent.
Like I tell my wife, "it ain't eating anything".... but I'd like to give it a home that is appreciative of it, this car needs to be enjoyed not stored...
I'll answer the Cham question later tonight... the wife is giving me the evil eye.
is your system a duel chambered, sb or bb? i am sold on this set up already! my buddys 68 z28 has chambered on it, and its not loud at all. i am doing a 68 427 car now. so i am ready to buy exh. can you do a recording of your 68? thanks troy
is your system a duel chambered, sb or bb? i am sold on this set up already! my buddys 68 z28 has chambered on it, and its not loud at all. i am doing a 68 427 car now. so i am ready to buy exh. can you do a recording of your 68? thanks troy
It's dual chambered small block... but the camshaft is very hefty.... Look the first video I posted on the 71... it's a standard cam, we just installed this same kit in our shop on a 1979 and we installed the ceramic coated header (headman) combined with this same exhaust.... I may have a video of this as well. But the cam in the 1979 was a L-82 car so there wasn't much more of a cam then the car that I posted above.
This is the kit you'd want.... But I'd go with the chambered II, the chambered I is too loud in my humble opinion; The chambered II has resonators and mufflers and is the same mellow sound that I've posted in the video above.
I put the Wilcox dual chambered 2 1/2" system on my 427/400 a few years back......installed it myself in about three hours. Absolutely loved it.......and since all Vette exhaust after 68 was 2", it was a HUGE upgrade in flow......I had to decrease the idle on the tri-power by 200 rpm after it was installed. No joke.......car pulled harder in every gear.
Now there are higher flowing systems out there.......but for the money this was a great compromise.
we just installed this same kit in our shop on a 1979 and we installed the ceramic coated header (headman) combined with this same exhaust.... I may have a video of this as well.
Willcox
Would love to see/hear it if you do. I have a '79 L48 4 speed with air.
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Thinking about chambered exhaust.
