Re: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install
John GO ALL THE WAY !! PUT SOME HEADERS ON THAT BEAST AND LET HER RIP Opp, thinking out loud again. Bill C Ct - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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No, I won't be putting headers on it. All I really want is to get it on the road and drive it. And thanks to everybody who responded. I got a private email from somebody who is mad at me for not publicly thanking him for responding. He said it ruined his day. I hope you have a better day today. John Nasta -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-chevelle-list;chevelles.net]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install John GO ALL THE WAY !! PUT SOME HEADERS ON THAT BEAST AND LET HER RIP Opp, thinking out loud again. Bill C Ct - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install
IT WASN'T ME :) Larry (Z)
RE: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install
LOL! -Original Message- IT WASN'T ME :) Larry (Z)
[Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install
Well, good news! Ron is back to work on my 69 El Camino. He says the glass is back in and he's going to block it one more time and put another coat of primer on. My question is, what's the procedure for having a shop install Flowmasters? Do I need to buy them and bring them to the shop? I was hoping I could just buy them myself and bring them to the local Meineke or whoever bends their own pipe. Right now all I have on the car is two open pipes that end underneath the floorboards. I'm thinking about the three-chamber version because it's not a race car, but I do want it to have a little bit of a rumble. I have a friend who has the two-chamber Flowmasters on a 70 SS clone, and it's too loud for what I want (although he has a 454 and I have a 283, but still). TIA for any advice, John Nasta http://johnnasta.com/elcamino - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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John Flowmaster makes a kit you can bolt directly up. It's called the American Thinder System. It's a 2.5 H-pipe setup, you can get it with or w/o the mufflers. i have it on my 70 and it fit very nice. I had the whole thing installed in about an hour. Any good muffler shop can do the job if you take them the new mufflers. It may be cheaper if you get the shop to get them, ya never know, they may get them at wholesale cost. I ordered my setup from Jeg's and did it on the weekend in my garage. Tom - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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John, thats what i have done in the past (brought my own muffs in) i had one shop complain that he was not going to make any money on the mufflers if i did that, BUT THEN I JUST WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. if you are worried about flow i would go to a regular fab shop who could put madrel(? spelling) bent stuff on for you- i have seen some pretty restricted stuff come out of muffler shops (like on my v8 s10). there are also diffrent thickness of pipe and kinds too, aluminized, stainless (this does not rust but i heard it turns brown from the heat and looks like rust) also some swear by h- pipes. my engine builder told me that he has found they just cut down the noise a little, no real power gains. (??) and also they hang down lower and make removing the trans driveshaft a pain- but they could use fittings here too for that. just some ideas to get you thinking, i/m not sure if all my info is correct but this is what i have been told. H - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Tom, Yeah, I see that kit and I can get a deal on it myself directly from Flowmaster. The nice thing about the El Camino kit (17120) is that it comes with the stainless exhaust tips and is pre-bent to exit behind the rear wheel wells. All nicey nicey when done. I guess I'll go that route. It's probably the most efficient and probably even less expensive than buying the mufflers and then paying a shop to bend pipes (and I won't have to worry about trusting some shop mechanic with my newly restored car). Thanks for the info. I'm glad to hear that it fits well and installs easily. John Nasta -Original Message- John Flowmaster makes a kit you can bolt directly up. It's called the American Thinder System. It's a 2.5 H-pipe setup, you can get it with or w/o the mufflers. i have it on my 70 and it fit very nice. I had the whole thing installed in about an hour. Any good muffler shop can do the job if you take them the new mufflers. It may be cheaper if you get the shop to get them, ya never know, they may get them at wholesale cost. I ordered my setup from Jeg's and did it on the weekend in my garage. Tom - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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For what its worth, I installed the Flowmaster kit for the El Camino on my 70. I installed it in my driveway and it fit like a dream. The H pipe and all pipes are above the frame rails, dont drag. The two pipes that connect to the headers are adjustable and need to be cut to fit. I used a regular pipe cutter for plumbing pipe, three wheels that role around the pipe to be cut. I used the band type clamps from Dynomax. The system came with all hardware and hangers to install. I substituted the Dynomax clamps for the regular muffler clamps. Other than that you got everything needed to install. Leo - Original Message - From: John Nasta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install Thanks Tom, Yeah, I see that kit and I can get a deal on it myself directly from Flowmaster. The nice thing about the El Camino kit (17120) is that it comes with the stainless exhaust tips and is pre-bent to exit behind the rear wheel wells. All nicey nicey when done. I guess I'll go that route. It's probably the most efficient and probably even less expensive than buying the mufflers and then paying a shop to bend pipes (and I won't have to worry about trusting some shop mechanic with my newly restored car). Thanks for the info. I'm glad to hear that it fits well and installs easily. John Nasta -Original Message- John Flowmaster makes a kit you can bolt directly up. It's called the American Thinder System. It's a 2.5 H-pipe setup, you can get it with or w/o the mufflers. i have it on my 70 and it fit very nice. I had the whole thing installed in about an hour. Any good muffler shop can do the job if you take them the new mufflers. It may be cheaper if you get the shop to get them, ya never know, they may get them at wholesale cost. I ordered my setup from Jeg's and did it on the weekend in my garage. Tom - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I had an American Thunder exhaust system installed on my 67 and, while not a bolt-on job that can be done in the driveway easily, any competent muffler shop should be able to handle it. The kit assumes headers so you still have to weld up the pipes to the collector reducer. I have a short .WAV file at http://bull-enterprises.com/dalesplace/p852.wav if you'd like to hear it. Dale McIntosh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-chevelle-list;chevelles.net] On Behalf Of John Nasta Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install Thanks Tom, Yeah, I see that kit and I can get a deal on it myself directly from Flowmaster. The nice thing about the El Camino kit (17120) is that it comes with the stainless exhaust tips and is pre-bent to exit behind the rear wheel wells. All nicey nicey when done. I guess I'll go that route. It's probably the most efficient and probably even less expensive than buying the mufflers and then paying a shop to bend pipes (and I won't have to worry about trusting some shop mechanic with my newly restored car). Thanks for the info. I'm glad to hear that it fits well and installs easily. John Nasta -Original Message- John Flowmaster makes a kit you can bolt directly up. It's called the American Thinder System. It's a 2.5 H-pipe setup, you can get it with or w/o the mufflers. i have it on my 70 and it fit very nice. I had the whole thing installed in about an hour. Any good muffler shop can do the job if you take them the new mufflers. It may be cheaper if you get the shop to get them, ya never know, they may get them at wholesale cost. I ordered my setup from Jeg's and did it on the weekend in my garage. Tom - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hmmm, Leo also mentioned headers. I don't have headers. Just stock x-mans. Is that going to be a problem? I guess I'll have to call Flowmaster again tomorrow and double-check. John Nasta -Original Message- I had an American Thunder exhaust system installed on my 67 and, while not a bolt-on job that can be done in the driveway easily, any competent muffler shop should be able to handle it. The kit assumes headers so you still have to weld up the pipes to the collector reducer. I have a short .WAV file at http://bull-enterprises.com/dalesplace/p852.wav if you'd like to hear it. Dale McIntosh - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It shouldn't be a problem, just cut the length to fit to your stock exhaust pipe. My point was that it's not a DIRECT REPLACEMENT all the way to the exhaust manifold AND you'll have to weld or band clamp the pipes together which I consider not a typical driveway installation like factory style exhaust. Dale -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-chevelle-list;chevelles.net] On Behalf Of John Nasta Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Flowmaster install Hmmm, Leo also mentioned headers. I don't have headers. Just stock x-mans. Is that going to be a problem? I guess I'll have to call Flowmaster again tomorrow and double-check. John Nasta -Original Message- I had an American Thunder exhaust system installed on my 67 and, while not a bolt-on job that can be done in the driveway easily, any competent muffler shop should be able to handle it. The kit assumes headers so you still have to weld up the pipes to the collector reducer. I have a short .WAV file at http://bull-enterprises.com/dalesplace/p852.wav if you'd like to hear it. Dale McIntosh - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Dale, That should not be a problem. I have two brand new pipes that come down from the x-mans and end under the floorboards, so I have plenty of good pipe to connect to. I guess in the true spirit of a typical driveway installation I should use a coffee can and 2 clamps to make a patch :) John Nasta -Original Message- It shouldn't be a problem, just cut the length to fit to your stock exhaust pipe. My point was that it's not a DIRECT REPLACEMENT all the way to the exhaust manifold AND you'll have to weld or band clamp the pipes together which I consider not a typical driveway installation like factory style exhaust. Dale - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
