Side Pipe install on a 71
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2008
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From: Boston MA
Side Pipe install on a 71
spent the weekend pulling headers, hanging manifolds all in an effort to install side pipes.
The Passenger side is looking very good;
The driver side is not looking so good;
The question is, can I heat and bend, or should I send the thing back...came from Allen's exhaust, but I will become very impatient waiting for it.
and just for stopping by a Ford GT with a luggage rack on a hitch.
The Passenger side is looking very good;
The driver side is not looking so good;
The question is, can I heat and bend, or should I send the thing back...came from Allen's exhaust, but I will become very impatient waiting for it.
and just for stopping by a Ford GT with a luggage rack on a hitch.
Le Mans Master
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I'd say Allen gets a "F" in bending on that one. Heat might work, but the risk of collapsing the pipe will be there too.
The GT-40 guy only has a cooler- I'd suspect loaded with beer. (If it was mine that's what I'd do.)
The GT-40 guy only has a cooler- I'd suspect loaded with beer. (If it was mine that's what I'd do.)
Safety Car
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From: Carbondale Pa.
If you have the ability to do it yourself then thats what I'd do or let them know of your problem and maybe they could send you (EXPRESS) the proper pipe, but as a thought, I guess you have tried to loosen the pipe at the manifold and move it into a position that lines up better, its either do it yourself or take it someplace where they could cut and weld for a better fit, good luck. Peace,,,Moosie 
Melting Slicks
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From: Doha
St. Jude Donor '08
You seem to have a big block, the '68-'69 BB side pipes are different on the driver side from the '70-'74 ones, so maybe Allen sent you a '68-'69 pipes instead of the correct '70-'74.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2008
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From: Boston MA
a picture would help thanks!...he asked which manifold I have, and I gave him that number...if I get the angle right, the thing sticks out the side of the car way to far...I will continue to mess with it.
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