Original 68 chambered exhaust pictures
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Original 68 chambered exhaust pictures
Good morning,
I replaced the original exhaust system on my 68W30 last year. I kept the original chambered tail pipes because they were different than the pipes on my other cars.
I took a few pictures this morning to see what they looked on the inside. They are different for sure as they have something built inside right where you see the crimps on the outside.
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Gardner wants me to send the pipes to him so he can reproduce them??? Thoughts???
Are the chambered tail pipes reproduced by anyone?
Have a great day
Sam
I replaced the original exhaust system on my 68W30 last year. I kept the original chambered tail pipes because they were different than the pipes on my other cars.
I took a few pictures this morning to see what they looked on the inside. They are different for sure as they have something built inside right where you see the crimps on the outside.
78486edef7614a3766b7b7d1e7081b36_zps6a4cb79c.jpg
4d8ba49167ab755c5c41b470b5197ef4_zps231cd9da.jpg
af30a14295f676506b16b3ec6b9638c6_zpsad360d67.jpg
Gardner wants me to send the pipes to him so he can reproduce them??? Thoughts???
Are the chambered tail pipes reproduced by anyone?
Have a great day
Sam
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Ck with these people, I have a 65 Starfire , he seemed to know them well. I think he said they could make them for many diff. cars. http://www.sweet-thunder.com/chambered_unique.html
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What you're seeing in there is the remains of the inner baffles. They should be full length of the chambered section. As you can see, quite a bit of it has burned away after 40+ years.
I've never dealt with Gardner personally but have never heard anything particularly bad about them. For the privilege of using your parts as patterns, I should think they'd comp you a couple sets of pipes.
I have the sweet-thunder Starfire pieces on one of my 64s. With the front and rear resonators in place, the car is amazingly quiet unless you romp it, then the chambered pipes bark. Loudly. I lean toward them simply because they understand the Olds chambered pipe system, right down to knowing that the cars used two different size exhaust headpipes. That freaked my muffler guy, but he knows that when I bring him a job, I've done my homework and know what end result should be.
Waldron has reproduced the early Mustang "Arvinode" chambered pipes and they pass MCA judging, so they might be another route.
Whoever makes them, there'll be a market since 68-72 use pretty much identical tail pipes. Some of the other A-body cars might "enjoy" them too.
Plus there's just something about how the things look. Ultimate cool hanging out under the back.
I've never dealt with Gardner personally but have never heard anything particularly bad about them. For the privilege of using your parts as patterns, I should think they'd comp you a couple sets of pipes.
I have the sweet-thunder Starfire pieces on one of my 64s. With the front and rear resonators in place, the car is amazingly quiet unless you romp it, then the chambered pipes bark. Loudly. I lean toward them simply because they understand the Olds chambered pipe system, right down to knowing that the cars used two different size exhaust headpipes. That freaked my muffler guy, but he knows that when I bring him a job, I've done my homework and know what end result should be.
Waldron has reproduced the early Mustang "Arvinode" chambered pipes and they pass MCA judging, so they might be another route.
Whoever makes them, there'll be a market since 68-72 use pretty much identical tail pipes. Some of the other A-body cars might "enjoy" them too.
Plus there's just something about how the things look. Ultimate cool hanging out under the back.
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Ck with these people, I have a 65 Starfire , he seemed to know them well. I think he said they could make them for many diff. cars. http://www.sweet-thunder.com/chambered_unique.html
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I’m running 2” or 2.5” exhaust on a ‘66 Starfire with stock muffler & resonators exiting out beneath the bumper.
Would it be possible and/or a good idea to replace the resonators with the chambered exhaust, or indeed _both_ the muffler & resonator with the chambered exhaust?
I have the impression that the chambered pipes were a relatively high cost & good solution which evaporated over time as cost won out.
Would this be a cool, but not loud addition to my ‘66 Starfire?
Looking forward to your opinions
Chris
Would it be possible and/or a good idea to replace the resonators with the chambered exhaust, or indeed _both_ the muffler & resonator with the chambered exhaust?
I have the impression that the chambered pipes were a relatively high cost & good solution which evaporated over time as cost won out.
Would this be a cool, but not loud addition to my ‘66 Starfire?
Looking forward to your opinions
Chris
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