HELP!!!! Installing PATRIOT sidepipes
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From: west pittston pa.
HELP!!!! Installing PATRIOT sidepipes
Happy Holidays!!! I just purchased a pair of PATRIOT sidepipes(The type that are 4-into-1;resemble header pipes,but aren't),and I could use a little help on installation.Anything and everthing will HELP;like ,How do the side tubes attach to the header-like pipes that connect the exhaust to the manifold?(do they just slide on with no nuts, bolt,screws? Please if you have installed these sidepipes,if ya have time; give me any tips that will help,and anything you did to make the job go easier and better.OH I almost forgot,How do they look installed?and most of all,HOW DO THEY SOUND? Thanks alot guys!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS...Freddie
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oh and i have a soundclip also:
http://www.geocities.com/trrayzer/fett.mp3
pretty easy to install,it was the hook up to the headers that took a while
it looks something like this:
http://www.geocities.com/trrayzer/fett.mp3
pretty easy to install,it was the hook up to the headers that took a while
it looks something like this:
Racer
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From: Valparaiso Indiana
Originally Posted by stingraymaniac
hello!
i have them on my car the pipes just slide on,no bolts
Here is a pic of them:
i have them on my car the pipes just slide on,no bolts
Here is a pic of them:
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From: west pittston pa.
Patriot install
Maniac;did ya have to modify the brackets at all to get the sidetubes to sit where you wanted them? How do they sound with the muffler inserts that came with them? Do ya have headers?or did you just run them straight to the manifold? By the way,they sound GREAT!!!! Also, does the chrome hold up well?....Thanks again Freddie....
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Le Mans Master
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Shady: i modified the brackets alittle to get them right,im still gonna redo the back bracket,it sits a bit low..
The soundclip is with the original mufflers.I have had them on for 2 years now and the chrome is still as new
Shady and vette:I have headers on mine and i made the connection under the car myself,it looks like the one on the pic above.
But i think there are conecting kits you can buy at Summit
The soundclip is with the original mufflers.I have had them on for 2 years now and the chrome is still as new
Shady and vette:I have headers on mine and i made the connection under the car myself,it looks like the one on the pic above.
But i think there are conecting kits you can buy at Summit
Pro
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From: Cincinnati OH
Originally Posted by Vette X 3
NOT to hijack the thread, BUT..where do you get the pipe that bolts to the header collector and then becomes the 4 into 1 look at the front of the patriots?
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From: west pittston pa.
Patriot Pipes
mongoose; Let me know if there are any tricks you had to work for the install;any info will HELP!!!Are you going to install them youself,or have someone with a lift do it?Install first, then bring it to a muffler shop for the pipe to manifold job? Let me know how it goes;and if there were any suprises along the way....Thanks...... Shady
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From: Cincinnati OH
Originally Posted by shady80
mongoose; Let me know if there are any tricks you had to work for the install;any info will HELP!!!Are you going to install them youself,or have someone with a lift do it?Install first, then bring it to a muffler shop for the pipe to manifold job? Let me know how it goes;and if there were any suprises along the way....Thanks...... Shady
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sidepipe install
Maniac... what do ya mean NOTCH the sidepanels? How;and where? did you notch? Any pictures or hints of this notch, anyone.....,that where talkin about?I don;t want to sound STUPID,but I can;t picture this process....Thanks...again....Shady
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they are 63" long
i cut out alittle where the collector is so i could get it closer to the car
heres a pic:
if you look at the pic you can see the collector is moved in abit under the side skirt
im gonna redo the back bracket so the pipes follow the car better..
i cut out alittle where the collector is so i could get it closer to the car
heres a pic:
if you look at the pic you can see the collector is moved in abit under the side skirt
im gonna redo the back bracket so the pipes follow the car better..
