Mid-engine 3rd Gen Firebird

[1965gp]

I love it- body kit included!!

[Revvv]

The headers are made with 2.12"OD J-bends welded with welds ground smooth. 3" and 6" centerline bend radii were what I had available at the time. The tubes are equal length but very long, 51" to get the 180 deg firing order in the collectors. I used merge collectors, don't recall the brand, with 3.5" outlets and first 90 deg downward, then 3.5 to 3 reducer cones into 3" elbows now into a Magnaflow X-pipe muffler. The CAD model shows how I had it set up originally with Edelbrock turbo-style mufflers but those only had a 2.5" internal diameter, where the single Magnaflow muffler is true 3" thru. The 180 deg configuration gives it a higher pitch sound than you expect from a big block.

Dave

Impressive and interesting.

[ryeguy2006a]

Very cool! I'd love to see the pictures during the build.