Exhaust Kits from Classic Heartbeat

[Rally Nova]

I'm shopping around for an exhaust system for the 'Ol 69 GMC & have heard some talk on the LMC kits, but no one has commented on the kits from Classicheartbeat.com. Has anyone had any dealings or comments? I'm looking for all the info before buying. Thanks Ya'll

[epthree04]

i would also like to know. i might be getting a 67 chevy also and want some duals for that!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

I do not have any dealings with the exhaust from wes at classic but he is a stand up guy and would be more than willing to help you out if ya called him on the # provided on his site..

[bskylerj]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

I do not have any dealings with the exhaust from wes at classic but he is a stand up guy and would be more than willing to help you out if ya called him on the # provided on his site..

I agree. Wes is a great guy to do business with. Call him up if you any questions. He is more than willing to help out.

[pound41]

They are the same LMC sells heartbeat kits if memory serves me correctly

[hoser]

Kit I got form LMC is a POS, the quality of the materials is top notch the fit on the truck is not even close, I still have not figured out how ot make the tail pipes fit when I get some time will cut turn and weld them until they do, the instructions tell you to rotate the long pipes to provide clearance around the shift linkage and transfer case, the pipes they want you to rotate are STRAIGHT! You can rotate them all you want they still point in the same direction..

The dirvers side pipe is too high and hits the trans linkage so you cant shift to L1 the other side clears the transfer case just fine but you cant install the tail pipe.

I butchered the old exhaust removing it so was pretty much stuck with what I got tried to call them got stuck on hold twice, hey after 10 minutes I hang up the phone, after 5 I have a good idea what customer service means, I will chalk this one up to experiance and NOT do any further business with them I will also go out of my way to tell others about their NO FIT POS exhaust systems and PISS POOR customer service!

LMC = BUYER BWEARE

No dobut their are hundreds that will come here and tell you how good they are and how they had no problems I am happy for them since they didnt have to taste the bad..

[pound41]

You need to go to the heartbeat website if that is what you got. That is what both my kits from LMC have been. There was a thread just recently about this where everybody aggreed the directions SUCK. But everybody agreed the quality was good and price was great. I have them on 2 of my blazers oldest one being over 8yrs. I just looked under my blazer the drivers side should clear the linkage by 1/2 to 1 inch straight shot down the side. The passenger side should shoot through the hole between the transfer case and crossmember. Maybe you have the l/r manifold pipes reversed. I did that with the 1st kit. When you get to the tailpipes just try them both
they actually fit pretty good when you figure it out. We all have struggled.
Anyway in the recent post guy put up the heartbeat website so go through them LMC just sells their kits

[Rally Nova]

I got a reply back from Wes @ Classic Heartbeat & decided to buy the Heart Throb kit from JC Whitney. I bought the kit with out mufflers & ordered a pair of Dynomax Super Turbo mufflers from Summit.
The Classic Heartbeat kits come with no name mufflers & is not mandrel bent. I'm hoping I made a good decision, I should know in a couple of weeks!

[JAKES 68GMC]

Beware of JC Whitney. They have a tendency to send you the wrong parts that won't even fit your vehicles, from my experience with them.

[tom71]

i installed hooker headers and their dual exhaust kit this weekend it was not a bad install everything fit fine i had a set of mufflers from the lmc kit and i installed those , they suck a$$ .oh and the headers and exhaust was just over 300bucks

[Bishops Trucks]

I have spent about $1000.00 to get the exhaust right on my project truck. At first MIDAS said they could do me a custom exhaust and would take 3 hours to do. They had my truck for 13 hours and it looked like sh!t . It hit on everything and they bent the pipe by heating it up with a torch and bending it with a long pipe. That was $300.00. I then bought a JC Whitney system that was supposed to fit the truck perfectly. Yea right. After all that I took it to a guy my dad knows who should have done it to begin with. It was like art work. Take my advise and get a good custom shop to do it. You will save money in the long run.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Well I paid exactly $500 for mine, it is all custom (Bent at the shop) and they
had mine 3 whole days, but I didn't want it rushed, the price would have been
alot cheaper if I had not gone w/ SS Magnaflows, but that's what I wanted

[jostrans68]

Wes's Kits are the same as LMC Ih have one of each both on 68 lwb they worked fine not a bad fit Havent heard second one yet . It is a glaspack version and was easier than the turbos to install my .02

[4x4Poet]

Originally Posted by pound41

...I just looked under my blazer the drivers side should clear the linkage by 1/2 to 1 inch straight shot down the side. The passenger side should shoot through the hole between the transfer case and crossmember. Maybe you have the l/r manifold pipes reversed. I did that with the 1st kit. When you get to the tailpipes just try them both
they actually fit pretty good when you figure it out...

That sounds like good advice. Hopefully the pipes aren't welded together yet.

http://www.heartthrobexhaustinc.com/

I have yet to order a kit from HeartThrob, but I called them and discovered three benefits:
1. The person I talked to knew everthing about the exhaust systems. No LMC-style teleoperator customer service.
2. HeartThrob will allow one to purchase the kits without mufflers so one can use a muffler of choice. This cuts down on the kit price and shipping (a little). IIRC, the kits cost a little less direct from HeartThrob than LMC.
3. Returns or problems would be direct with the mfr so any problems should be rectifiable.