C5 Side Exhaust
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C5 Side Exhaust Technically not side pipes but more accurately side exhaust. Chassis has extensive modifications all over. Short list about the car is what is not custom made. Into it about 5 years. Bad back limits my time working on it. I do what I can for as long as I can. Twin turbos exit into the flex pipes. No mufflers at all. Exhaust is all 304 stainless. 3" tube goes through the 4" tubes incorporated to the chassis. Should stay nice and cool with airspace all the way around. The bottom of this car is smoother and nicer than most custom engine bays. It is a bit dusty and dirty right now.
Last edited by Lasershop; Jul 22, 2013 at 04:58 PM.
Excuse me.
Holy ****. Way to think outside the box man. Very, very cool. Should sound pretty wild. Only other ways I would know how to make it exit there is if you got rid of the fuel tanks, and went with a trunk mounted fuel cell and closed off the cabin. Never thought of this. Again, very cool. Can't wait to see the rest of the project.
Holy ****. Way to think outside the box man. Very, very cool. Should sound pretty wild. Only other ways I would know how to make it exit there is if you got rid of the fuel tanks, and went with a trunk mounted fuel cell and closed off the cabin. Never thought of this. Again, very cool. Can't wait to see the rest of the project.
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Thanks for the inspiring comments. Mechanically it does stiffen the chassis by the fact the entire outer frame rail is now triple wall. I used a 4" steel tube .080" thick. Lot more side impact strength as well. There is quite a lot of tin work done. In the rear to make room for the 335-20's. Extensive work on the front frame rails for aesthetic reasons. All the front body work will become a mold for a one piece tilt front. I made the “bars” that triangulate the front rails because I wanted that “NASCAR” look and they are mounting points for several items as well. I have a lot of pics that I just have to resize when I get time. The whole rear floor was raised and custom made wheel tubs were fitted. Upper firewall is carbon fiber. Whole bottom of the floors were filled with fiberglass sheets and I covered all of it with the fiberglass sheet design you see on the primer’ed version. 1/4” thick by 3” wide flat steel was welded to the frame for the seat mounts. Lots of thick wall DOM tube is incorporated behind the driver/passenger compartment so the bolt in roll bar mounts are actually welded to the frame multiple times.
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If anyone has some time to waste, do a little search on my handle "Lasershop". There are several projects around LS1Tech that are parts for this car. Maybe another year, its really moving along at this point.
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Thanks for the inspiring comments. Mechanically it does stiffen the chassis by the fact the entire outer frame rail is now triple wall. I used a 4" steel tube .080" thick. Lot more side impact strength as well. There is quite a lot of tin work done. In the rear to make room for the 335-20's. Extensive work on the front frame rails for aesthetic reasons. All the front body work will become a mold for a one piece tilt front. I made the “bars” that triangulate the front rails because I wanted that “NASCAR” look and they are mounting points for several items as well. I have a lot of pics that I just have to resize when I get time. The whole rear floor was raised and custom made wheel tubs were fitted. Upper firewall is carbon fiber. Whole bottom of the floors were filled with fiberglass sheets and I covered all of it with the fiberglass sheet design you see on the primer’ed version. 1/4” thick by 3” wide flat steel was welded to the frame for the seat mounts. Lots of thick wall DOM tube is incorporated behind the driver/passenger compartment so the bolt in roll bar mounts are actually welded to the frame multiple times.
Very cool man. I'd come give you a hand if I lived closer. Awesome build.
Makes me wanna take mine completely apart, get rid of the bs,...build it how I want it. Keep us posted or feel free to load this page up with past or current build pics.
Best wishes with it man.
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Some of the chassis work I didnt like the way the rear compartment looks and act like a completely separate
part of the interior. You have to know what I mean. You could almost load plywood
back there. The entire floor was removed
Before the floor was built and while the rear tinwork was being done to make room
for the 335 tires, A bit of reinforcing to the chassis and also to make the bolt in roll
bar a part of the frame. 1 5/8" thick wall tube.
Then built the frame to raise the floor where I thought it should be....
Made a mold and then made the custom wheel tubs. Floor is all fiberglass. Rear
cutouts are for custom aluminum battery boxes. I also sandblasted what was left
of the stock tub so the special resin would stick. It all was coverede in at least two
layers of fiberglass, both sides, to make it very strong and a lot quieter.
And there it is.
You can imagine the rest of the interior wont exactly be stock.
part of the interior. You have to know what I mean. You could almost load plywood
back there. The entire floor was removed
Before the floor was built and while the rear tinwork was being done to make room
for the 335 tires, A bit of reinforcing to the chassis and also to make the bolt in roll
bar a part of the frame. 1 5/8" thick wall tube.
Then built the frame to raise the floor where I thought it should be....
Made a mold and then made the custom wheel tubs. Floor is all fiberglass. Rear
cutouts are for custom aluminum battery boxes. I also sandblasted what was left
of the stock tub so the special resin would stick. It all was coverede in at least two
layers of fiberglass, both sides, to make it very strong and a lot quieter.
And there it is.
You can imagine the rest of the interior wont exactly be stock.
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Finished chassis pics What looks like writing on the tank covers is really a reflection of tie wraps laying on the concrete floor.
The design seen here is fiberglass sheet that I lasercut the patterns. The floor was filled with fiberglass sheet and this is an overlay all expoxied together and blended to the chassis.
Made the rottiserie out of lumber. Car was on it for a few years.
Little things like flush mounting the subframe bolts were difficult and time consuming but add more of a custom look. Keeps the 5/8 allen bolt heads out of the way of the downpipes.
The top of this pic is the suspension reflecting off the polished aluminum battery boxes.
I dont believe in rough finishing just because it cant be seen. Here is a good shot of the tin work on the rear of the chassis and the custom made wheel tubs. All fab is finished out as well as if it were on the top of the car.
I made the shock bottom mounts. They screw onto the threaded shocks and offer about 2 inches of height adjustment.
The design seen here is fiberglass sheet that I lasercut the patterns. The floor was filled with fiberglass sheet and this is an overlay all expoxied together and blended to the chassis.
Made the rottiserie out of lumber. Car was on it for a few years.
Little things like flush mounting the subframe bolts were difficult and time consuming but add more of a custom look. Keeps the 5/8 allen bolt heads out of the way of the downpipes.
The top of this pic is the suspension reflecting off the polished aluminum battery boxes.
I dont believe in rough finishing just because it cant be seen. Here is a good shot of the tin work on the rear of the chassis and the custom made wheel tubs. All fab is finished out as well as if it were on the top of the car.
I made the shock bottom mounts. They screw onto the threaded shocks and offer about 2 inches of height adjustment.
I agree...flawless work. 
