Side pipes are on -YA BABY!
07-13-2004, 11:38 AM
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Side pipes are on -YA BABY!
After spending the weekend removing a snapped off stud from the exhaust manifold, I finally have my pipes on. Boy do they sound great!
07-13-2004, 12:46 PM
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07-13-2004, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by kermit1654
After spending the weekend removing a snapped off stud from the exhaust manifold, I finally have my pipes on. Boy do they sound great!
, I keep looking at getting some for my '81. What pipes are you using? and are you using stock manifolds? Great looking car. 
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07-13-2004, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Pauld
Your car looks very , I keep looking at getting some for my '81. What pipes are you using? and are you using stock manifolds? Great looking car.
, I keep looking at getting some for my '81. What pipes are you using? and are you using stock manifolds? Great looking car. Thanks, Pipes came from Ebay-(HRVETTE) covers from Eckler's. Other than fighting with rusty manifold bolts (Major PITA!) they mounted right up to the stock manifolds.
07-13-2004, 02:05 PM
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Looks great!!! Did you have any close up shots of the mounting hardware. I looks like you painted the heads of the bolts.
edit: Also, what side wheels and tires do you have? They look awesome.
Dave
edit: Also, what side wheels and tires do you have? They look awesome.
Dave
07-13-2004, 02:45 PM
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Mounting hardware came with the pipes. Consists of a bolt, washers and a couple of rubber isolators. The bolt fits into the factory key hole in the frame just in front of the rear wheels. The front is held by the exhaust manifold. The covers mount using the the factory screw locations. In my case, I had to trim a very minor amount off the lower part of the front fenders, behind the rocker cover, for the pipes to have some clearence. If I had to do it over again, I would have taken the car to an exhaust shop and had them break the exhaust manifold bolts loose for me first and do the rest of the job myself. It's a very easy job once you get those dang rusty nuts loose.
Oops forgot -Tires/Wheels- AR TTII's 17x8 with 255/50/17 Federal SS595 tires.
Oops forgot -Tires/Wheels- AR TTII's 17x8 with 255/50/17 Federal SS595 tires.
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