Headers compatible with factory side exhaust
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From: Lake Placid Florida
Headers compatible with factory side exhaust
Hey guys, I'd like to install headers on my '70 base model C3. I'll be installing a 406 my son built for me, so I'd like to add headers. The car has original factory side exhaust/covers, which I'd like to keep.
So, I'm looking for compatible headers - something like shorty center dump style.
Are there any out there? Has anyone else don this?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
PLBrand
So, I'm looking for compatible headers - something like shorty center dump style.
Are there any out there? Has anyone else don this?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
PLBrand
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
Whoever told you those side pipes were original told a fib, they only came on '69 'vettes, unless you mean that the side pipes themselves are real factory pipes, in which case you worded your post kinda weird. Anyway, take a look at these:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68280/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68286/
You could probably also just use block huggers and have a connector pipe fabbed up by a muffler shop.
Scott
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68280/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68286/
You could probably also just use block huggers and have a connector pipe fabbed up by a muffler shop.
Scott
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From: Lake Placid Florida
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Scott, I can assure you that the side exhaust and covers are original GM parts - I've still got the receipt for them when I bought and I installed them on the car in 1975!
Neither of the Hedman sets you posted a link to would work without cutting the OE side exhaust. I'm looking for a set of short centerdump (downward facing outlets) that could mate with the OE side exhaust without any cuts/mods to the side exhaust.
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust.
Fabing an adapter or something like that wouldn't be an issue, but I sure don't want to wreck those original side pipes. Heck, I've owned/driven the car for over 39 years!
Paul
Neither of the Hedman sets you posted a link to would work without cutting the OE side exhaust. I'm looking for a set of short centerdump (downward facing outlets) that could mate with the OE side exhaust without any cuts/mods to the side exhaust.
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust.
Fabing an adapter or something like that wouldn't be an issue, but I sure don't want to wreck those original side pipes. Heck, I've owned/driven the car for over 39 years!
Paul
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From: Oxford MA-----You just lost the game!!!!
Scott, I can assure you that the side exhaust and covers are original GM parts - I've still got the receipt for them when I bought and I installed them on the car in 1975!
Neither of the Hedman sets you posted a link to would work without cutting the OE side exhaust. I'm looking for a set of short centerdump (downward facing outlets) that could mate with the OE side exhaust without any cuts/mods to the side exhaust.
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust.
Fabing an adapter or something like that wouldn't be an issue, but I sure don't want to wreck those original side pipes. Heck, I've owned/driven the car for over 39 years!
Paul
Neither of the Hedman sets you posted a link to would work without cutting the OE side exhaust. I'm looking for a set of short centerdump (downward facing outlets) that could mate with the OE side exhaust without any cuts/mods to the side exhaust.
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust.
Fabing an adapter or something like that wouldn't be an issue, but I sure don't want to wreck those original side pipes. Heck, I've owned/driven the car for over 39 years!
Paul
http://www.vetteheaders.com/servlet/...rvette+Headers
Scott
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From: lewisburg wv
Whoever told you those side pipes were original told a fib, they only came on '69 'vettes, unless you mean that the side pipes themselves are real factory pipes, in which case you worded your post kinda weird. Anyway, take a look at these:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68280/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68286/
You could probably also just use block huggers and have a connector pipe fabbed up by a muffler shop.
Scott
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68280/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-68286/
You could probably also just use block huggers and have a connector pipe fabbed up by a muffler shop.
Scott
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
... I'm looking for a set of short centerdump (downward facing outlets) that could mate with the OE side exhaust without any cuts/mods to the side exhaust.
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust. ...
Paul
In other words, I'd like to find headers that 'replace' the OE exhaust manifolds and mate directly to the OE side exhaust. ...
Paul
Shorty headers would be better.
Le Mans Master
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From: melbourne florida
2023 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
headman indeed makes long tube headers that exit pointing to the sidepipe inlet they have made. them for years and are still available. contact their tech line for a part number.
Racer
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From: Lowell MA
1969 L46 custom headers before installation. Please note the modification to the side exhaust inlet. Picture and sound of the car was before the engine rebuild. It was taken 3 years ago. Sound is much different now. The side pipes on the car are after market reproduction but I still have the original exhaust in storage. Mod was made for better breathing. Why install headers if exhaust becomes restricted entering the side pipes.
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From: Lowell MA
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Hey guys, I'd like to install headers on my '70 base model C3. I'll be installing a 406 my son built for me, so I'd like to add headers. The car has original factory side exhaust/covers, which I'd like to keep.
So, I'm looking for compatible headers - something like shorty center dump style.
Are there any out there? Has anyone else don this?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
PLBrand
So, I'm looking for compatible headers - something like shorty center dump style.
Are there any out there? Has anyone else don this?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
PLBrand
http://www.vetteheaders.com/servlet/...orvette/Detail
Racer
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From: Lowell MA
Just the flange and pipe going into the muffler is custom. The muffler is orig. The headers are custom. Everything is ceramic coated. Cost me over $2000. Clearance to the ground from the lowest point of the headers is just over 8". If you looked at it, better than factory. Can access plugs with no problem. Headers and modification done right on the car then removed to be coated. Once the headers were built, we looked at the factory muffler and the small intake pipe to it and decided it would be restrictive. Blew it out to accomodate the header chamber.
Cruising
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From: Seattle, WA
Regards, Scott
