ls5bigblock

Can I install bbc side exhaust pipes on a small block car? Thank you.

67:72

Not without significant modifications to the pipes regarding their connection angles to the exhaust manifolds. The exhaust manifold collector angles are radically different between small blocks and big blocks.

59BlueSilver

I’m surprised our repo manufacturers don’t make and sell these.

67:72

I'm not following your train of thought. Both engine family pipe designs are available as reproductions and the modification from one to the other would have to be pretty significant - I'd think all the way back to the horizontal bend - that it just isn't worth the effort.

tbennett017

Also consider the body mods to make it work... door sills and rear under-valance work.

bcwaller

I'm pretty sure I have the big block side pipes on my small block car. It's been 30 years since I got them so I'm working from old memory. Pretty sure they were cut off just after the bend and then piped to the headers. The current setup is that I have newer shorty headers, a custom intermediate pipe, and the side pipes.

Steve 66

have you any pics please , thinking of going this route