My latest Ebay bargain didn't come with instructions, so I'm trying to figure out how to mount them to the chassis. They came with these brackets:



But I see no holes at the bottem of my chassis (below the doors), do I need to make them myself or are they hidden behind the rocker panel (moldings)?

By the way, my corvette is a '79 if that helps and these are the pipes I'm installing:

 

I installed hooker sidemounts, With the hooker pipes they have the brackets welded to the pipe................

On my frame (1970) there are slots (holes) already in the side of the frame, Just bolt them on and your ready to go

Again these were hooker pipes, yours may mount differently..... But I would think they should mount the same way

One more item, I had to make some cuts on my rocker panels for them to fit, again you may not have to for your application

Good luck!!

 

Those look like the Patriots. I had a set on my 79, to get as muchground clearance I removed the rocker trim, straightened the 4 brackets and bolted them to the side of the frame. I did leave enough space to put the trim back on. The pipe clamps that clamps all of the sections together actually attach to the frame brackets. There should be 8 rubbers that go on the large holes where attaches to frame for rattle control. connecting to the exhaust from the chrome 90 add a standard 90 and cut old exhuast to length. Hope the helps.

Chris

 

I'm afraid there are no holes in my frame to bolt these onto. Maybe I put them together in the wrong way? I don't think I did, because the clamps holding the pipes also hold the heat shield and the holes for those screws are on each end of the shield.

So this it what I have now:



Which should be attached to this:

or this:


But as you can see I have screws but no holes... So my question is: should I drill some holes? Or is that a big no-no?

I'm just real new at all of this and I don't wan't to mess it up

 

The Patriot pipes are "universal fit". The Factory pipes and Hooker pipes mount to those keyholes on the main frame rails. The Patriots will work, but you'll need to engineer everything yourself. I think Iceman and a few others have them, so it can be done. Don't be afraid to drill a few small holes, but make sure you measure twice.

 

i have the patriots 4 into one style on my car,but the mounting is the same.
I drilled 2 holes for each bracket and bolted them on.

 

I took my universal sidepipe kit to a muffler shop and had them mount the kit. They welded the brackets to the frame, so that's another option if you don't want to drill any holes.

 

Great guys, thanks!!

I'll (hopefully) post some pics tomorrow/friday

 

Mate, they look great - just what I would like on my 79. I was thinking of buying a set from J C Whitney and having them shipped to Aust -cost about US$335 or Aussie $420. How are you going to attach to the existing rams horns manifold and does the kit contain the necessary attachment fittings? Any info eg. quality of pipes,thickness, chroming etc, would be appreciated. What length set did you buy? Also, does the ebay site have any more for sale.
Sorry to be such an inquisitor, but any help would be greatly appreciated - look me up if you ever come to NSW,Australia, we've got the 3 great b's - beer, beaches & bitches (women)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This is how I did mine. See Pics. I used the holes at the sides from the chassis.
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And by the way that's my wife's car and here is mine below just painted last week,
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Greetz,

Ryan
P.s. the rocker panels will cover my brackets, may need to cut it a bit.

 

You have two very good lookin vettes there

 

worsip79, hope i'm not too late. the response is right.
the keyholes mount the pipes.
they use carriage bolts that slide in from round opening, then they won't turn when tightning a nut on the other end.
the bolt goes through the pipe bracket with rubber washers followed by a metal washer then the nut.
just my .02

 

Please post pics when you get them installed. I saw those for sale on ebay and was thinking of getting some as well.

 

Sounds like I got myself a really good deal on those pipes. Cost me only USD 125,- ex. shipping! unfortunately enough I don't have a lot of time right now: bought a new house, have a full-time job and doing law-school in the evenings... So I hope to have them fitted this weekend, but could easily take me untill the weekend after that.

Quality of the pipes seems pretty good, though I'm not an expert on that. The pipe itself is steel and the cover, ingoing pipe and end tip are chrome I believe. My set came with enough bends to make it from the ramshorns to the sidepipes in about any route you'd like. Flanges (correct term? pipes with 3 holes, a triangular piece of metal and a gasket) to connect to the ramshorn were included too.

 

hey, what kind of rims are those, i was looking into getting rims for my 79. also how do the pipes sound on your car? i'm restoring my 79, and i just took out the motor, but i dont want to put back my stock headers and pipes, i really want side pipes, and hooker's are a little too expensive for me. thanks

also what color blue is that?

 

BadboyR6,

The rims are from introwheels sizes are fr+rr 11 inch overall and tire sizes 245/18/40front and 275/18/40 rear. They are custom made. The color of my car is a original C5 color code GM 21 electron blue. Gets almost black in the shadow. The sidepipes on my wifes mildly modified '77 sounds good but still not loud. My '78 L-48 is highly modified with the sound of a BB and runs like a 454 big block. I have the ceramic coated Dynomax headers and the Patriot sidepipes, both from Summit.

More pics will follow. Last monday I just fitted the doors and looks great now
I'll keep you posted.

Engine mods:
1 L-48 block with original crank and pistons
2 Holley systemax II engine kit (aluminum heads,double roller timing
gears and chain,lunatti cam,full roller rockers,aluminum street
dominator intake.)
3 March underdrive aluminum pulley's
4 Dynomax headers
5 patriot sidepipes
6 Edelbrock carburator 750 cfm electric choke
7 2100 cfm single electric fan
8 Summit aluminum radiator
9 2500 Stall convertor
10 K&N performace and reusable airfilter
11 Self made hoodscoop for extra engine cooling

Next customization will be;
universal bucket seats
Van steel aluminum calipers
700R 4speed transmission

Greetings,

Ryan