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| | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 24 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 24 | Okay heres the deal, I have 59' apache im trying to sell, i just put a brand new custom driveshaft on it and i wanna take it a step further, my exhaust leaks like you wouldent belive as it is, sounds nice but i loose so much power. i have a 350 small block out of an 81 chevy suburban, and my frame is from the same vehicle, i want to put block hugger headers and get some 3 inch pipes, they dont have to be stainless or anything fancy like that, just in functional shape and able to fit my frame without too much hassle, where should i go for my pipes? im postive i can find hugger headers with a 3" output on ebay but i cant seem to find pipes that would fit, the space between the frame and the block is tight so i definatly need the huggers, so basically, what kind of pipes should i get, and from where? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | Find a local shop that bends their own tubes, more than likely they'll be cheaper than pre-made pipes would be. Also you can show them how you want them run. I don't know about in FL but here they'll let me in the shop when they have it on the lift to show how I want the pipes routed. Good luck.
Rob | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 | If you're going to sell it,why the 3"pipes? I'd get a 2-1/2" set on it and call it good. Chances are,whoever you sell it to will want different pipes/mufflers/sound/looks anyway,so save yourself the money and hassle,just give it a standard fresh exhaust system and let the buyer spend HIS money to make it "better".
Just my opinion.
Speed | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | If your selling it get it out the door as cheaply as possible. You wont get the extra $100 or so you stick into it. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | I agree. Go to a muffler shop & let them build a system. Unless you are going raceing 2-2 1/4" pipes would be large enough, sound better & be a neater installation. I like long glasspacks.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 141 | You don't need 3" pipes in a truck! I also have a '59 Apache with a 350 engine. I 'tuned' the pipes to a specific RPM level (3500 RPM) by using the diameter of the pipes to build a reverse sound wave to 'extract' exhaust at a given RPM for a given displacement. I use the formula:
1" of diameter per cubic inch of displacement for 7000 RPM for the whole engine. I use my engine at 3500 RPM max, therefore I only need half the calculated value at 7000 RPM. Therefore, I wouldn't go over 2" diameter pipes if I were you.
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