I think its your opinion and nobody else's. Initially i loved the sidepipe look and wanted them on my car but that would require me to modify the rear to cover the muffler tip opening. i also learned to love the 70-72 rectangular tips.... and am staying with them

 

 

Thanks mate, yeah i'm proud of her, she was totally standard when I got her

now has -

Rebuilt 355, Edelbrock Performer RPM top end, K/B pistons, lightened and balanced, ali flywheel etc
Tremec TKO600RR
Borgeson steering conversion
VBP everything, front monospring, bumpsteer kit, offset top arms etc
Modded rear crossmember which puts the diff up in the chassis
Vintage wheel works V40's
Hooker sidepipes
Yellow stuff pads......

Dynolicious got me 0-60 in 4.6, 0-100 in 10.6 and the quarter in 13 flat

It's why i'm skint

 

Definitely sidepipes....they make my car!

 

Posted this before, in different threads, but I don't mind looking at it again! I've taken grief from purists (C2 pipes) and if I were to post a current pic they'd have a heart attack (C5 seats). As I've said before, the pipes are LOUD but I luv 'em. Being 70 and half-deaf doesn't hurt. Y'all have a wonnerful weekend, Bill

 

Sidepipes are awesome, stock or aftermarket. Do it, you won't regret it.

Your car doesn't require filling the back panel, this makes the decision easy. The only reason I chose NOT to get them on my '71 was because there was no easy way to fill the exhaust cut outs.........

 

Love my sidepipes would never go back to stock!

 

Looking good

I've had enough of purists telling everyone how it should be. How much fun do they have with their cars? Not a lot I doubt, unless reading up on date codes vin numbers is **** to them. Well it's not to me and I couldn't give a sh*t either providing no one has put a Honda engine in it or something else retartded.

I bought my car to have fun and that's exactly what I do with it, I put race numbers on it with our clubs logo and organise our drag racing series, these numbers stay on all year and is great PR for the club and because my car looks like a pro tourer i'm always getting young kids coming up to me and talking about the car and these could be future vette owners.

What young kid is going to dig a bog standard vette? Very few, so you enjoy your standard cars and let us enjoy our modded cars and the PR that goes with it.

1 - Vettes are not Bugatti's, they are mass produced cars with the same engine as the other Chevy's.

2 - They were built to a price and it shows in lots of areas, they can be improved upon.

3 - Dealers have made every mug think there car is worth millions and is some 'rare' vette which most aren't, the only rare one's are L88's etc, your 'radio delete' car isn't worth any more and isn't any more interesting.

4 - We're not all in this for the money, if I was I wouldn't buy a vette as it is a money pit.

Rant nearly over....

I love vette's and I do all I can to get young people into vette's. It's your car so do what you want with it (to a point), dodgy bodykits excluded.

It's not 1970 anymore, it's 2013, bias belted tyres, dynamos, drum brakes, vacuum operated wiper doors, old headlights and dodgy steering just don't cut it now ( unless you want to drive like an old woman and go into the back of the first new car which stops on a dime?

My Tremec 600RR 5 speed is awesome, would I swap a M21 back in , never!

So purists, please chill out with the indoctrination

Enjoy your rides guys (and gals)

 

 

Sidepipes = Sex

 

I installed mine last summer

Before



Now - The sound in incredible. I love pulling out of a toll booth, the sound is unreal.



Next is a big brake system and new rims and tires

 

WOW! spedaleden!...BIG difference! Love it!

R

 

Makes a huge difference in appearance . Very nice.

 

Another yes vote. It's all a matter of the owner's personal preference.

 

Would only change "my" to "the"

 

For sidepipe performance without sidepipes, go chambered, underbody exhaust. I did that on a '69 L46 and it sounded great. And, the stainless pipes/chambers were from stainless works and bolted right up to the OEM exhaust manifolds and exited out the rear cut-outs.