I have a 95 coupe and thought there was a side exhaust produced for these cars but i cant seem to find any listed for sale

 

Please don't!!

 

Only ones i've heard or seen are used, nothing new being produced that i know of...

 

 

You are probably thinking of the "Side Effects" system. Do a search for "Power Effects exhaust" and you will find them. They haven't been produced for a while, but they are still on their website.

I wouldn't want them on an otherwise stock car, but I happen to like the way they look.

 

I see you're from Illinois. If you eliminate your catalytic converter, your car won't pass emissions testing. I wanted to mount Hooker side pipes on an '81 I used to own. The only way I could do this was to register my car with a different address, one based in an area that doesn't require testing.

 

You don't have to remove cats for the sideeffects, they come out sideways from the tunnel, are more of a side exit, while the front part of the panels have nothing behind them.


And how could side exhaust ever be a bad thing? Impractical or obnoxious, sure.

 

Side effects are not produced anymore, PE isnt making anything right now.

You'll have to figure something up by yourself.

 

Go to Powereffects.com. They make them especially for the C4 and they look really good.

 

this is what your looking for http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3469953&rd=1,1

not sure on how it hooks up..

 

From the look of the picture, I am wondering if you got the side pipe covers they sell (the ones for just the look), punched out a hole in them, modified a stock rear y-pipe to connect to 2 small glass pack mufflers, one for each side, and have them exit out the side if it would work?

 

why not punch the exhaust right trough the side vents ?

 

I have a pic of a c4 with sidepipes but m photobucket is down I cant post it.

 

Man I wish I would have thought of that.

Or....how to put sidepipes on your ride for $300.

Mufflers not required.

Its obviously just mocked up, and you could certainly use better quality piping. But since this is just going to be a driver for my wife to run around in, and ultimate HP was not the goal, the $3 Autozone 90 degree and 45 degree bends worked just fine.
And it sounds great, not too loud as I was afraid of.
Roy

 

Well, I found this thread because I am working on a layout to put REAL side pipes on my old ragged out 84' Corvette "Mary Ann" (My 98 Vette is "Ginger" when I get tired of Ginger, I get in Mary Ann for a while, LOL)
Anyway...... Here is what I have laid out to do, but I need to see if I can get my local muffler shop dirt track racing friend to do it.

1. I want real side pipes.


2. I need a catalytic converter...

3. I need a muffler

Here is the plan!

1. Here are the parts for the side pipes


2. You see the black pipes that are under the heat shield? I will put my catalytic converter and muffler there.



YES! It is a glass pack...... Sorry I am a 70 pot-head and I like the sound

3. I will wrap them with heat insulation for header, paint it flat black and put the heat shield on.

4. Where the 3" stainless pipes that turns out right behind the tire, I will bend the pipe up as it comes out and the top of the side pipe is just below the bottom of the door. That should give me more clearance.

5. I will go straight from my header and out to the side pipes.

One issue I think will be a problem is the PLASTIC rocker panel under the door. Not sure if is can take the heat. Is there a fiberglass replacement. I guess I could make one out of stainless...

Anybody see a reason this will not work?

 

I know side pipes are obnoxious, gaudy and loud, but that will go with what I have planned for the rest of the car.....

1. Final color will be flat light primer gray (that is what I want for this car) The back window will say "Primed & Ready" that is a term from the days of sailing ships and when the cannons were primed, they were ready to fire!

2. I am about to rebuild the engine because it has over 200,000 miles on it and it blows more power around the rings that a new Mustang has total!

3. The 84, is the last year that is not fuel injected (I was wrong, my bad), anyway I will cut the hood and add a high-rise manifold and a breather with the three red butterfly flap valves on the front, or what ever you call it.


So, I think the side pipes will match the rest. LOL

Now I love the clean look of the C4, so I will not add any effects to the body. The modification or effects will be the engine busting out through the hood and the exhaust busting out the sides.

 

The Corvette got electronic fuel injection in 1982. The '84 is definitely fuel injected from the factory.

 

Could I put the throttle bodies on a hi-rise intake?

 

Sure, with the HSR system:

 

Damn That looks high tech!