[Shotimes] exhaust thoughts. Help!
Donald Mallinson
dmall@mwonline.net
Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:36:58 -0600
I had always wanted a dual outlet in the center, but to do that you
would have to remove the spare tire well and put just a flat cover in
there. For a race car though, that would not be such a bad deal.
Don
Ron Porter wrote:
>Or get fancy. Fill the two cutouts in the bumper, and bring the exhaust out
>the center.....
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
>Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:58 PM
>To: `V6 SHOtimes
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] exhaust thoughts. Help!
>
>On my '97 I intend to go to a 3" single next year. I have a nice 3" 316 SS
>cutoff 45 degree tip ready to go. Some tell me to run a dummy tip due to
>the
>bumper cutout on both sides.
>
>I notice the Monte Carlos all have the two tip cut out bumper skirt but
>seldom
>the two tips.
>
>Paul
>
>
>On 12/4/2005 5:37:13 PM, Robert Bruce (rbruce@bellatlantic.net) wrote:
>
>
>>Mark & I burned a nice big "cutout" into my
>>92's rear bumper cover at Putnam. It now almost looks like my single 2.5"
>>
>>
>SS custom
>
>
>>mandrel bent exhaust perfectly fits the bumper cover. My cover must be
>>
>>
>the
>early 92 version.
>
>
>>..
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>
>>
>On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
>
>
>>Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:32 PM
>>To: `V6 SHOtimes
>>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] exhaust thoughts. Help!
>>
>>The gen1 wouldn't
>>be so bad with a single (as for looks) as the rear fascia
>>hangs lower. Also, the early 92 rear fascia
>>doesn't have the larger exhaust
>>cut outs that the late 92-95 ones do, so you could probably make it look
>>better with an early one vs a later one.
>>
>>The real crap of the SHO isn't
>>so much the 2-1-2 as much as it is the outlet
>>for the Ypipe (including the aftermarket PP units) is 2.
>>25", same as the
>>individual pipes off the manifolds. Depending on your hp/rpm level, you
>>need at least 2.5"
>>up to
>>3" outlet there, with same size piping from there.
>>
>>Lance Cheney's 92 has or had a nice 3"
>>collector and
>>3" piping all the way
>>
>>
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