Side pipes: Classic, rice, or just plain wrong?
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Side pipes: Classic, rice, or just plain wrong?
Well, my latest idea is... you guessed it, side pipes on the ol' rex. I planed on running a rb header back to a single in/dual out magnaflow stainless steel muffler, then a 90 deg. madrel bend going off each of the outs and coming out right in front of the rear wheel wells(no crazy exhaust tips or anything). It would be different, cheap, and hopefully efficient. What do you guys think?
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Originally posted by DriveFast7
Wrong. Side pipes are for corvettes and 57 Chevys! And LOUD!
Wrong. Side pipes are for corvettes and 57 Chevys! And LOUD!
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I think it would be pretty cool. But, don't pretendit is a v8 or v6, your exhaust all comes from one side of the car, so go single side pipe on the passenger side! I think that would look cool.
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Yea, talkin to some friends, they all said a single side pipe on the passenger side would be pretty cool. Damn, this is going to be incredibly simple. One bend, 6 welds, and all for a little over $300
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Well, not THAT simple! Ever took a look at a rotary-type muffler? It's pretty huge. The best thing would be no muffler at all, just straight dual pipes. But that'd be, well, LOUD!!! So you need a muffler. I'm curious how it'd look, but I'm also feeling it wouldn't really suit the car.
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I actually had working side pipes on my parts car before I tore the engine out . It consisted of the stock manifold, custom bent pipe tothe passenger side, out to a spare motorcycle muffler off a Honda 750 street bike I had laying around. Let me tell you, it was loud as ****, but the motorcycle muffler helped a little . I just threw it together because I had everything laying around and I was bored. I was joking around with my Dad and he said "go for it" after I held the pipe up under the door, so I did it, lol.
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I was gonna do the same thing. But what I was thinking was getting one of those spiral mufflers to cut down the noise, it was basically gonna be header,spiral muffler y pipe with 90 degree turns, 90 degree turn, it would run on both sides of the car. They make those mufflers in short lenghs.
My other idea was to run cheapy cherry bombs and some round mufflers, and just covered them with some heat shields, on both sides of the car of course.
Jegs catalog has some do-it yourslef exhausts, that
I was thinking about using for it
My other idea was to run cheapy cherry bombs and some round mufflers, and just covered them with some heat shields, on both sides of the car of course.
Jegs catalog has some do-it yourslef exhausts, that
I was thinking about using for it
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There is one with dual side pipes I've seen near my work. I thought that the pipes were too big. They looked like they were from and El Camino. Sounded quiet though.
I've been trying to find this car just to look under to see what's going on....
I've been trying to find this car just to look under to see what's going on....
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my plan was to use a 20in long 5x8 magnaflow stainless steel muffler, and the littlest cat possible (inspection sucks!). I was also considering using a spiral flow muffler to cut down on sound a bit, as gatorgunner was saying. The idea of having two pipes going out the side sounds pretty badass, and If I did such a setup, I would run 2in pipes from the muffler, which wouldnt look to big or anything. Anyways, do you guys think the 5x8x20in muffler and the cat will fit up under the car? Also, how important is it to use mandrel bends? I will need to run a 90 deg bend to dump the exhaust out the side.
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my plan was to use a 20in long 5x8 magnaflow stainless steel muffler, and the littlest cat possible (inspection sucks!). I was also considering using a spiral flow muffler to cut down on sound a bit, as gatorgunner was saying. The idea of having two pipes going out the side sounds pretty badass, and If I did such a setup, I would run 2in pipes from the muffler, which wouldnt look to big or anything. Anyways, do you guys think the 5x8x20in muffler and the cat will fit up under the car? Also, how important is it to use mandrel bends? I will need to run a 90 deg bend to dump the exhaust out the side.
my plan was to use a 20in long 5x8 magnaflow stainless steel muffler, and the littlest cat possible (inspection sucks!). I was also considering using a spiral flow muffler to cut down on sound a bit, as gatorgunner was saying. The idea of having two pipes going out the side sounds pretty badass, and If I did such a setup, I would run 2in pipes from the muffler, which wouldnt look to big or anything. Anyways, do you guys think the 5x8x20in muffler and the cat will fit up under the car? Also, how important is it to use mandrel bends? I will need to run a 90 deg bend to dump the exhaust out the side.
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i was also thinking about side pipes but i dunno. how much louder would it be than a straight through system?
mandrel bends arn't all that important but do help alot with breathing and flow. mandrel bending just makes it the same inside diameter all the way through
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mandrel bends arn't all that important but do help alot with breathing and flow. mandrel bending just makes it the same inside diameter all the way through
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Thats EXACTLY the look I was going for. Did you have any problems fitting the muffler/cat up under there?(assuming you used a muffler and cat) I know for a fact that the rearend of my car is a little lower than yours. I think the setup looks great, very fitting. Its good to see someone thats not afraid to do things a little different...