Side exit exhaust?
Side exit exhaust? I was thinking of doing side exit (right in front of the rear tires)exhaust on my car. How many have tried this? I think Tony Shepherd's car is done this way. I don't plan to lower the car, and would like to have a little clearance. If anybody's tried this, how was the clearance? Post any pics if anyone has some. There is a pic on Tony's website showing the underside of his car during a wheelstand 
. That's the only one I can find.
. That's the only one I can find. I personally have not seen this done but I wanted to do it when I had my sisters exhaust put on her Z and not one shop out here would do it. They all said it can't be done and they wouldnt even try it. I honestly think it would work fine. It couldnt be any worse than TDs. It would look bad ***.
I never thought of it until I saw this: http://www.fast93z.com/pictures/album.php?id=9# (look at either one of the launch pics) I have always thought side exit looks the best!
I'm not that big of a fan of the both side thing. My friend used to have his setup with true duals that both pipes exited on the passenger's side. You could also do something with a boom tube. I'm still contemplating that.
One of the only reasons I was able to go with the side exhaust is because I am running 29.5" slicks. That tall of a slick raises the back of the car a little giving room for the side exhaust. You should hear it! It sounds mean as hell!
You can hear it here:
vid
You can see it in this poster pic:
You can hear it here:
vid
You can see it in this poster pic:
Last edited by Tony Shepherd; Sep 28, 2007 at 01:43 PM.
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A while back I had seen a guy that did the side exhaust on his 4th gen and he used square pipe like they use in NASCAR. It looked real nice and the ground clearance loss was minimal. Just an idea, but I am sure the square pipe will be hard to find.
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Originally Posted by CBR Crazy
A while back I had seen a guy that did the side exhaust on his 4th gen and he used square pipe like they use in NASCAR. It looked real nice and the ground clearance loss was minimal. Just an idea, but I am sure the square pipe will be hard to find.
See thread:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/508695-exhaust-cometh.html
and
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ght=boom+tubes
I've got 3" TD with a side exit...I don't have any pix yet (I have posted the exhaust when it was dumped, though)...Basically, the pipe exits the mufflers and does a 180 back towards the front of the car and then makes a 90 and out the sides between the door and the rear tire...We back cut the pipe about 2" under the car until we decide on what tips, if any to use...I run 28" M/T radials, but never scraped when it had the 26"s either..The work was done by Performance Auto Fab, who is now a sponsor>>>>>>>>>
There was a bunch of folks from here who saw the exhaust in May in OC, MD...It sounds great with zero resonance (Edelbrock SDT 304s) and now makes gas tank removal (when it becomes necessary) not such a pain...I think it looks real cool back cut under the car a few inches...I have a Formula with no ground effects so a polished tip sticking out looks kinda funny...I have contemplated making tips from 3" round to 3" oval transitions from Spin Tech and then powder coating them black bringing them to the edge of the car on an angle to follow the body lines...That way they do their job and are more invisible....
--Alan
There was a bunch of folks from here who saw the exhaust in May in OC, MD...It sounds great with zero resonance (Edelbrock SDT 304s) and now makes gas tank removal (when it becomes necessary) not such a pain...I think it looks real cool back cut under the car a few inches...I have a Formula with no ground effects so a polished tip sticking out looks kinda funny...I have contemplated making tips from 3" round to 3" oval transitions from Spin Tech and then powder coating them black bringing them to the edge of the car on an angle to follow the body lines...That way they do their job and are more invisible....
--Alan
Originally Posted by ABA383
I've got 3" TD with a side exit...I don't have any pix yet (I have posted the exhaust when it was dumped, though)...Basically, the pipe exits the mufflers and does a 180 back towards the front of the car and then makes a 90 and out the sides between the door and the rear tire...We back cut the pipe about 2" under the car until we decide on what tips, if any to use...I run 28" M/T radials, but never scraped when it had the 26"s either..
--Alan
--Alan
Originally Posted by Tony Shepherd
One of the only reasons I was able to go with the side exhaust is because I am running 29.5" slicks. That tall of a slick raises the back of the car a little giving room for the side exhaust. You should hear it! It sounds mean as hell!
You can see it in this poster pic:
You can see it in this poster pic:
Originally Posted by duff man
ABA383 I would love to see some pics of yours if you get any please post them. You said you have not scraped them yet. Do you street drive your car much?
--Alan
Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1
then 
lol but to each his own 
That looks awesome, I have thought alot recently about putting side exhaust out the passenger side, but that would invole me cutting the side skirt for any clearance at all, and I'm not willing to do that yet...
So according to those other threads that were linked, boom tubes are stupid loud? I like how they look, I don't think I can swing the price though. Looks like a really simple way to run duals, but insanely loud.
Originally Posted by camar0corey
So according to those other threads that were linked, boom tubes are stupid loud? I like how they look, I don't think I can swing the price though. Looks like a really simple way to run duals, but insanely loud.
