Side Pipes Yes or No??

[Snuffalofogus]

guys im thinking this would look bad@ss!

what i want to do is go an exhaust system that will put the pipes on the side like so



naturally i would use either the wings west or W68 GFX with a part cut out for the pipes. also, do you guys think that it would be possible to have them on both sides?? or would i only be able to have em on the pass side?

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[Arctc Wolf]

everything would be custom done from the headers back. 2 cats would have to be used, and i dunno if u wanna use an x pipe before u split them or not. would u use mufflers or just go straight pipe, cuz mufflers would help keep her quieted down some.

[Snuffalofogus]

actually i might use resonators as opposed to mufflers, if i only do 1 side then i will use the resonator from my loudmouth, i couldnt use headers because of california law, but i am going to have tubular manifolds installed. from there i could go custom y-pipe(really short), high flow cat, then resonator, pipes+tips. i dunno if i can even actually fit all of that in there.

i guess ill think of it then when the time comes

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[firebird1]

if you're gonna go with WW they say to keep the pipes 1" off the kit and sticking out 1" so it doesnt melt em.

seems like a reasonable recommendation to me

[WickEdSix9838]

thats an awesome lookin 68!!!!...i want it!!!

[Arctc Wolf]

umm, cali won't let u do true sidepipes either. u'd have 2 get 2 cats, and ur not allowed to mess w/ the stock setup unless it's carb approved.

[Snuffalofogus]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> umm, cali won't let u do true sidepipes either. u'd have 2 get 2 cats, and ur not allowed to mess w/ the stock setup unless it's carb approved. <hr></blockquote>

why not? it would be a regular exhuast setup, but instead of having the pipes come out of the back, the run out tof the sides? thes a newer dodge ram at school that has this done so i would think that its fine, besides i doubt cops are gonna stop me and question if everything is carb apporved.

about the exhaust manifolds, ive already checked with an exhaust shop and they gave me the thumbs up saying that it would be allowed.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>if you're gonna go with WW they say to keep the pipes 1" off the kit and sticking out 1" so it doesnt melt em.
seems like a reasonable recommendation to me
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would i still have to follow these recommendations if im going to be putting it in the same place as on the '68 above? i wouldnt think so because the only place that the heat from the exhaust would go would be the wheels behind it. but ill still place it at least 1 inch away from the gfx ahead of it.

[KBeezy]

If you want sidepipes the FIRST question is do you want them out of one side or two? And do you want a TRUE DUAL exhaust or do you want to save $$$ and have it be a single pipe, single muffler, single cat that once it hits the mufflers single inlet it has a dual outlet so you can have that "dual sidepipe" exhaust look? Hell, ill post more about this tomorrow -- I have tons of sidepipe exhausts on cars, so I'll help you out. But its 2:30 and I'm going to bed!! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Raven98RS]

If you can deal with all of the problems I'd say go for it. I've seen an SS around here with 3" oval tips on each side and it looks pretty good. If you want more input post in the exhaust section.

[Loochy88]

sending to exhaust

[Seppo Kaitainen]

Here's a pic of my side exit exhaust.

http://home.earthlink.net/~khandlon/images/exhaust.JPG

Not the best pic in the world, but you should get the idea.

[Ted]

Snuff I like the idea and I actually wanted to do this kinda like how the Roush Mustangs have theirs with the tip part cutout of the GFX. I work at a body shop so I could've made it happen. It's going to be kind of hard if you do it as a single exhaust setup and just have a pipe reach over to the driver's side. An X pipe would probably be the most efficent way to solve the problem. You do not have a lot of clearance but it can happen. I'd say ditch the Y all together and have the X pipe connected directly after the headers. But followed by 2 cats in the begining. You won't be able to fit them after the X. You won't have any luck fitting regular mufflers under there so you might have to go with bullet style mufflers. (Beleive me I know, I had a muffler under by the cat area for a long time and you don't have any clearance, unless you want to trash it. Your not going to want to ditch the cats and muffler setup for one or the other because it is going to either sound extremely loud or sound really bad. If you do go with a true dual setup, I would suggest that you go with 2 inch pipes at the most. Why? This is where everyone goes wrong. A lot of people go with 2.5inch or something like that. Thats like putting a 5 inch exhaust on your car. If it were me, I wouldn't even go with 2 inch. I've done a lot of research in this. No I don't have any sound clips to back this up. But I am confident if I ever did the system I had planned my way it would sound good. Butttt.... Good luck to you and try not to listen too much to the nay sayers. If you do the whole thing right, I think it will end up being really really cool.