ed70

Getting A 71 In About A Week, Dont Have A Lot Of Cash To Spend ,but Love Those Sidepipes! Whats The Best Bang For The Buck And Whats All Involved?i Want To Use The Header Type,ok Vette Veterns Lets Hear It!!!

Offbeat Octane

You basically have three options

1. Hooker Sideout Headers and pipes, by far the most expensive unless your happy with the black paint. Otherwise expect to spend over a grand. By far Highest quality, best performace, most tunability (swapping between the 4 different types mufflers you can throw in there)

2. Patriot Pipes, they run a about 200-250 depending on the style. Shielded vs the imitation 4 into one pipes. You could probably have a whole set up for about 400 and most likely the best bet it your on a budget.

3. Factory style pipes, Pick up a set of repro pipes and some fiberglass repro covers, and the wallet won't weigh a ton less. But if you want the Metal repro covers your gonna be paying almost as much as the hooker set up for just the covers.

Those are what I've seen so far, other than a few really nice homemade setups on the forums. Try a seach, I'm sure you'll find pics that will help you decide. Welcome to the forum and congats on the Vette!

Later,
Chad

mod81

dont forget about these...its the look of hooker/cost of pat's.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

MsVetteMan

Hope you enjoy them. Most folks I know had them cut off after they got burnt twice, and the GF or wifey got burnt the first time.

Duke94

That's for sure, my sons girlfriend and my wife both got bad burns from my Hooker pipes. Bought heat shields last year....problem solved.

Mark70

I still have mine, even after a few driver/passenger burns (they were minor). The sidepipes just look and sound too good!!

Mark

ed70

DUKE ARE YOURS HOOKERS BRAND?DO YOU JUST BOLT THEM TO THE ROCKER OR FRAME OR WHAT?ANY TYPE OF SHIELDING BETWEEN THE PIPES TO THE BODY?THANX ED

Red73

One burned leg with my hookers, no heat shields, never will.

ed70

Where Did You Buy Them And How Much,they Are Bad ****!!!,I THINK THIS WILL BE THE WAY TO GO FOR ME ILL SAVE UP AND ALWAYS WEAR REYNOLDS WRAP FOR SOCKS!!!!

Dobermann

I think you're getting excited

Dobermann

Here's a link for sidepipes... I just posted it a minute ago in another thread too.

http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=4.36.6009

Duke94

They are Hookers with Heat shields from Cobra Stuff ( http://www.cobrastuff.com/) They bolt to the frame under the rocker molding. Note that they come with headers also. They are a bit more work to install, but the whole package works well. More power, better sound and looks. Wish my paint looked as good as Red73. You can but them from Summit also.http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...+115&x=18&y=10

vho69

I don,t care if someone burns there leg completely off,I,ll never take mine off

baja216

AGVI

Anyone else wanna quote this guy?

IMA 66

Got my Patriots on a couple weeks back and love them. cost 250 shipped from JcWhitney. I mounted them on the car then payed 200 to have them hooked up to my shorty headers. Love the sound!!! MY wife did get a burn this weekend but it wasn't bad and i'm sure she won't do it again.



just to make you really want them here is a sound clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKETMcQvx8

C3 RV

I've got to stick a post in here so I can listen to that clip at home tonight. I haven't done anything to get in trouble with my wife recently. (At least not that I remember.) Sidepipes would cure that.

Duke94

Yep, the women hate them, too loud. So they must be good!

ed70

hey duke did you have to do anything as far as shielding the pipe from the body maybe a dumb question but inquiring minds would like to know!! and by the way are they easy to install to the frame?

yellow 72

Best side pipe photo ever, looks kinda liquid....
How hard is it to remember (or to remind a passenger) not to stick your leg on a flame-hot steel pipe?
Sort of like remembering not to slam your fingers in the door when you close it