side exit exhaust

[Grand Marquis GT]

Wicked car, dude!

[packman]

Yeah, that side exit exhaust is friggin wicked looking!! Good job on that.


Packman

[88Vic]

I love riding around in my friend Andy's 90 F150 with a 302. It's got the stock exhaust (not sure what size, maybe 2.25") and no cats of muffler. It's super loud outside but it exits behind the cab and out the side so it's very barable inside. That's how I want my truck to be.

[87_crown_vic]

i wonder how bad my 2 door will spit flames out of the sidepipes after the engine build since it will be a very free flowing exhaust.

[Archangel]

Loud noises don't bother me anymore after working on f-15's everything else seems fairly quiet!

Now back on topic - I see you have the clamps that hold the pipes pointing down towards the pavement, this may be easy to work on but also makes it easy to catch all sorts of plants and grass and bushes if you ever take the car off the paved road - may I suggest that you turn the clamps so that their legs are pointing towards the driveshaft and the rear axle, it will be a bit more uncomfortable to tighten them up like that, but you get about an inch of ground clearance and if you ever run over something it won't rip yer pipes out. If you feel ambitios you can also cut down what's sticking out behind the nuts for those clamps, makes for a nice and clean looks.

[monterey1962]

I'll have a stock H-pipe to get rid of this summer if you're interested...it was brandy new December 2005 and is still in really nice shape.

I may take you up on that offer. Let me know when the time comes.

[Nathan in MI]

Will do.

[murphmobile2]

Woah, those pipes are SWEEEET!!

I suppose full 2.5" with stock style muffs prolly wouldn't be too bad... better flow, lol. I just like my obnoxiuos levels of sound lol.

[Bowman85merc]

hi i have a 2 door i got shorty headers off a mark7 with 2.5 inch H-pipe at a junk yard put glass packs on it have $100 in the whole set up and it sounds great

[1987cp]

Woah, those pipes are SWEEEET!!

I suppose full 2.5" with stock style muffs prolly wouldn't be too bad... better flow, lol. I just like my obnoxiuos levels of sound lol.

Yep, it flows pretty good, even with necked-down 2.25" inlets and 2.25" resonators out back. torquelover's full 2.5" system is teh schiznitt.

hi i have a 2 door i got shorty headers off a mark7 with 2.5 inch H-pipe at a junk yard put glass packs on it have $100 in the whole set up and it sounds great

Great deal! Used aftermarket H-pipes can be hard to come by. You'll have to post a thread in Reader's Rides, with pictures.

[Pesty351]

Thanks for the compliments!
Yeah I know I need to turn the clamps I did it in a hurry for a local car show but its ok. I don't take the car off road at all and it doesn't hit the spike strips come on/off base so I think it will be ok till I get around to it. The best part is even if the get ruined I have less then $50 in it.

[Archangel]

Justin, I see you edited my post - sorry for the off-topic, forgot about the "keep tech clean" rule. However, I also see that you didn't even bother to say a simple thanks to anyone (me included) who tried to help you out with pics and other info - not cool man, not cool! Anyhow, are you gonna lift the rear end of the car when you install the new exhaust? Lack of proper ground clearance is what killed the setup in my pics - remember when you ran over that curb last year, if you had side exits those would get bent back and if you were really SOL (like I was) the pipes would cut the inboard sidewall of the rear tires... Just something more to think about

[murphmobile2]

hi i have a 2 door i got shorty headers off a mark7 with 2.5 inch H-pipe at a junk yard put glass packs on it have $100 in the whole set up and it sounds great

Glasspacks really sound good on these too... good choice! What I used to have, lol.

So, Monterey, have you decided on a brand of muffs to put on if you'll be pulling it out infront of the rears?

[Archangel]

Murph, those better be some real short mufflers, when I was building my exhaust I picked up the shortest ones I could find and still the only way the exits clear the rear tires would be using S-bends like those Phayzer advised against.

[1987cp]

Still too bad front-exit turbo mufflers can't be had readily. That'd be by far the easiest way to build a side-exit exhaust, just like on certain Mustangs from the late '90s.

Though I guess if you're really serious you could build your own mufflers ......