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Exhaust Advice
I want to replace the true duals on my '75 with chambered exhaust. Will I benefit from headers (sound and power)? Long tube? All emissions are off the car and it has an Edlebrock Torker intake and Edlebrock 600 carb.
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You don't normally see cars with aftermarket single plane intake manifolds running stock exhaust manifolds. What's it got for a cam, converter, and rearend ratio?
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It's all stock except for intake, carb and true dual exhaust. Has 3.36 rear. The Torker II came with the car and I'm guessing it's there for hood clearance. So will headers help at all with this setup?
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Yeah, I gotta go along with TimH here, the first thing I would do to your car is get rid of that single plane intake. You can get an Edelbrock 2101 on ebay or craig's list for less than 50 bucks, or a new intake like this one for around 130 bucks:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-226012/
Also, I personally think sidepipes are kinda dumb looking, but hey, it's a C3 vette. It's practically the only car that you can really run sidepipes on without looking like an idiot, so yeah, ya have to at least give it some consideration! I think they are dumb looking, and I am STILL thinking about 'em!!!!
What kind of shape is your exhaust system in right now? Does it have 2 1/2" pipe all the way out to the mufflers? If so, you can just cut 'em, have reducers welded on, and connect the headers to them. Here's a cheap set of headers that will fit nice, TimH has used 'em, and he says they fit nice and have no real problems.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G9003/
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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-226012/
Also, I personally think sidepipes are kinda dumb looking, but hey, it's a C3 vette. It's practically the only car that you can really run sidepipes on without looking like an idiot, so yeah, ya have to at least give it some consideration! I think they are dumb looking, and I am STILL thinking about 'em!!!!
What kind of shape is your exhaust system in right now? Does it have 2 1/2" pipe all the way out to the mufflers? If so, you can just cut 'em, have reducers welded on, and connect the headers to them. Here's a cheap set of headers that will fit nice, TimH has used 'em, and he says they fit nice and have no real problems.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G9003/
Scott
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Thanks for the input - I'm learning quite a bit. With the 2101 fit under the hood ok? Also, those Summit headers look good. My current exhaust is not in great shape - rather than paying someone to weld I'd just rather get a new chambered. On an L48 will headers add much HP wise? Again, thanks for the input.
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Thanks for the input - I'm learning quite a bit. With the 2101 fit under the hood ok? Also, those Summit headers look good. My current exhaust is not in great shape - rather than paying someone to weld I'd just rather get a new chambered. On an L48 will headers add much HP wise? Again, thanks for the input.
scott
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