This man does not live by blogging alone I usually have a project or two on the go, small improvements around the house or improvements to my car. The picture below shows what I have been working on for a while, Its a new tail pipe to redirect the exhaust from where it was exiting previously, on the drivers side just in front of the rear wheel, to the back of the car.
- MMMMMMMM
Its made of stainless steel and the 2½ inch bend that connects to the muffler merges into two 1¼ inch pipes that take a 90° bend before going into a tapered re merge back into the 2½ inch final tail-piece. Of course It would have been better had it been practical to run 2½ inch all of teh way but I happened upon the 1¼ inch pipes at my local trash and treasure and they enable a good free flowing characteristics without making the cars ground clearance too low for everyday use.
All of this was done because, as cute as a side exit pipe is, it does tend to boom in your ear when the question is asked and as I get older and more deaf I think that its not so wise to have that bark so close to my ear. That said I am happy to report that the pipe has given the exhaust a really nice mellow tone with just a hint of menace…
Cheers Comrades
Iain Hall
