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PunkRican
07-03-2004, 10:49 PM
right now i have a rebuilt 350 with only a few minutes of running time on it sittin in the garage waiting to go in the 70. i still need to sell the old one which is in great running condition and all if anyone is interested i'll sell kinda cheap. but anyways, i was thinkin on doing a few things in the near future which i can afford;

if the block hugger heards on the new 350 fit in the car, i want to get them jet-hot coated with that sterling stuff.

i want to get some side pipes as exhaust and run them to the headers, anyone done this before? pics? how does it sound?

i e-mailed these people who make custom billet grilles and such for any car, he said that a grille ususally runs 375 if prepaid or w/e. id send him my grille now so that he could make one to exact specs and all. worth it? think itd look good on a 1970 elky? if not i could always sell it and put the stock one back on...

i have a set of those rare z/28 rims from some year and now the beauty rings are all rare and expensive to get so i was wondering if theyd be worth it and if it would look good?

i had a heavy load in the back of teh elky and it lowered it a bit and i thought it looked good. how would lowering it about an inch maybe a bit more look?

opinions? comments? suggestions?

ElkyPete
07-04-2004, 07:06 AM
I had some side pipes on a 66 Boo when I was in the service. They looked good and I liked the sound they had but that was when I was in my 20s. I've come to like something a little quieter.

I'd inspect those rims good. Old rims have problems sometimes. I prefer a newer style rim myself.