exaust ????

ok so on my 56 chevy im running long tube headers i wanted to try to figure out how to hook up a small collector pipe maybe 1ft on each side with sime kind of baffle just to quit it down a lil bit i love the sound of my motor with open headers as i know everyone does but i need some back pressure ...also just a little bit quiter ..what do you guys suggest i can use ..i think the collector opening is between 2 1/2 and 3 inchs ..

ive seen some pretty cool set ups show me what you got ..

 

You might try a set of these:


I believe they are avail. in 3" not sure about 2 1/2....

 

Jegs sells an auger type insert that you can either weld in or rivet in. They jave two options with the number of disc inserts to make it louder or softer. I believe they are around $80 each. I ran open headers all summer and got tired of worrying so I went and just added some exhaust with cut-outs.

 

Maybe it's just me or just because I in the over 60 brigade but I've always had the feeling that guys who think they "have" to run open headers on the street or at events decide to do so because they don't think the car can get enough attention on it's own merits.
Around here there seems to be one at every event big or small who sets his cell phone alarm on the half hour or so so he will know when to bust the thing off again to make sure everyone will know that he is there with his open headers and maybe Bubba and Leroy will run over to check it out where they would have missed it before.

I like a sweet sounding set of pipes as well as the next guy and back in the day could tell my friends cars by the sound of their pipes when they drove past (and still will take a look to see who or what is going by the house when I hear a sweet set of pipes) but loud just to be loud is somewhat annoying.