Sidepipes or not?

[Denvermike]

I have a 1966 Barracuda. It will have a mild 360/727 for weekend fun. I'm thinking about a set of Patiot Shielded Sidepipes. Has anyone used Patriot products? Good, bad? What do you folks think about the idea of sidepipes?

 

[68383GTS]

Sorry side pipes are nasty IMHO.They were nasty in the late 60's and 70's and they are still nasty in 2011.

Jim

 

[ev2orange]

Sidepipes look awesome on round headlight vans, corvettes and lil red expresses. How do they look on 66 cudas??? Its your car. Don't build it for anyone else. And its not like your tubbing or chopping it...its all reversible if its not the look your after. Im sure you can sell them used close to whatcha paid anyway. Someone will buy 'em.
just my $0.02

 

[grassy]

Love the sound of them on my 'stang....especially when the sound can bounch off a wall...why only let the guys behing you enjoy your engine tune...am wrestling with the idea of doing the same to the Duster..

Grassy

 

[Burntorange70]

Not a fan of them.

 

[lou3500]

I say hell no never liked them.

 

[grassy]

In the 70s, all the cool cars had 'em....and Cragars..

 

[Joe Dokes]

No, never, not in a million years. :wack:

Unless you are trying to look like WT.

Regards,

Joe Dokes

 

[magnumdust]

JMO, do side exit. Looks much cleaner.

 

[xlexl]

i'm apperantly the screwball one...I love side pipes, always have. If you love em, do em, and screw what anyone else has to say. Your the one that gets to wash, wax and stare at her in the garage. Cars are like women, you don't date them because someone else likes em, you date them because for some ungodly reason you like em.

 

[twofosho]

You're kidding us, right?

 

[BrianT]

No, he's not kidding. I like sidepipes also. They were the **** back in the day. My buddy had equal length headers that flowed into sidepipes on his Camaro. We thought he was king of the world!!

I was thinking about going to pick these up for around $75. Have them blasted and paint them with black BBQ paint and boltin them on. My Dart is tubbed and room for tail pipes is at a premium.

Craigslist sidepipes ad

It's your car, build it any way you want. I couldn't give two ***** about what other people think of my car.

 

[Brad4406]

I have always loved the old school look on cars just like the old school look on choppers; and I mean true choppers, not the crap that's being passed off today as choppers. Sorry for the short rant on choppers, but anyway, I think side pipes look great. Here is a link to Scampin's 64 Barracuda; I think the pipes look great on it.

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=157090

I do agree with magnumdust; I like side dumps better.

 

[magnumdart]

Not a huge fan of them but they did look good on old Rivieras.

 

[daredevil]

I dig the old school vibe.Wonder how my car would look with a set.

 

[demon seed]

I dig the old school vibe.Wonder how my car would look with a set.

Don't you dare.:violent1::argue:

 

[BrianT]

Here is a thread with cars from back in the day...

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=104010

 

[SirDan]

I think they look great on some cars. I think I am going to run a full exhaust on the dart since i have some nice tips for it but, my second choice would be sidepipes! but that's what I like.

 

[scampy72]

love em, im still thinkin about putting them on my scamp. but i feel like the cops in town here would give me a lot of **** for the noise, this town aint exactly the hot rod lovers capitol if ya know what i mean lol. well see though when i get the engine ready to go in.

 

[blackbomber]

They don't look right on anything post '54.

If I saw an A-Body with them, I'd assume the owner wasn't a Mopar enthusiast, but someone trying to jumble together a hot rod from too new a car.

 

[grassy]

You guys have me drooling...there are too many Harley's around for the cops to bother me about my side pipes....when I flick on the V8..it takes me back to the 70s watching the rich guys cruising around town..unfortunately, I have a full TTI exhaust for the Duster....too many ideas..not enought $s

Ian.

 

[jdakota]

Do what you like, it's your car. No.......wait a minute. Let's all paint our cars the same color and put the same engine in it and the same wheels, and the same everything. Yeah.
I mean this is America right?

 

[lou3500]

I hate them always have on any thing but vettes and cobras,agreed the old school cars with lakes pipes [not side pipes in my opinion] from the 40's and 50's yea kool but not on more recent cars,i don't even like exhaust dumped in front of the rear tires [aar cudas included] it just looks like your too cheap to run them full length. My opinion only, if you like them then go for it who cares what any one else thinks.

 

[efriedrich]

Hell yes, if done right they look great. Keep the tube diameter small and make sure they hug up to the car, large sloppy fittin pipes scream Chevy.

 

[LH23H2R]

Back in the mid-90's I bought some 4 piston brake parts from a local whom had a '68 Notch 383 Barracuda .
The car was largely original ( Q5 Turquoise ! ) , with the only mods being Appliance Wheels (14x6" front , 14x8" rear ) and functional Doug's side pipes .
What made those sweet pipes even sweeter was that they were the "illegal" ones ; they were equipped with a slide-lever to open 'em to , well , open exhaust .

Yes , he was keeping the pipes and Appliance wheels intact for the restoration :cheers:.

I've always wanted to build a '73 Duster with Ansen Sprints , Doug's side pipes (or a good equal ) , chromed Direct Connection valve covers , vintage Sun-Pro tach and other vintage equipment .
Too bad the old B.F. Goodrich thin-line raised white letter radials aren't being reproduced ( they look much cleaner than the bold-character versions ) ; I'd also like to see late 70's / early 80's Good Year Wingfoot tyres reproduced ...