Do ya love yer sidepipes???

[Rick Parker]

When I made my sidepipes and headers for my 289 I initially planned on using the spiral type Lobacks with a 1 inch tube in the center of the spiral baffles, all inside a 3" tube. I found the sound to be real raspy, but even more, the tube became blued from heat buildup for about 4 inches in the area of the 1st baffle. This led me to believe there was quite a bit of backpressure and restriction caused by this design and I opted to change to another type.

[496fe]

Rick,

You are right about the sound of the Lobacks. I originally had the long Lobacks with the large diameter tubes (I think they were about 2" I.D.). I couldn't stand the sound! I cut them off within minutes and installed 3" I.D. glass packs with the louvers facing back. Sounds much better.

Brian