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With your suicide doors causing driver and pax to exit car toward front--the headers need to turn down sooner and tuck in toward the lower frame rail tighter to lessen the odds/chance of leg burn--its hard to get out of the seat and stand up next to the car without touching the back of your calf--
Look at the pipes and building process on the 32 five window in my gallery---stainless and I used a Nascar type merge collector and Cobra type muffler -----
Have you seen the the inside of the muffler blanks that are used in side pipes? They are restrictive and create a lot of turbulence. Magnaflows and Dynamax Ultraflows (which I run) flow much more efficiently. Check out this link:
glasspack vs. dynomax - NastyZ28.com
Here is a better photo.
I read the whole link and nothing was said about glass packs being more restrictive than other mufflers.Quote:
Originally Posted by rumrumm
This is not my first muscle car{or Hot Rod},,,,I think I know what is best for my rides performance but thanks for the advice,,I am going to install them and see how it runs,,if I don't like them,,off they go and the stock pipes go back on!!!
I read the whole link and nothing was said about glass packs being more restrictive than other mufflers.Quote:
Originally Posted by rumrumm
This is not my first muscle car{or Hot Rod},,,,I think I know what is best for my rides performance but thanks for the advice,,I am going to install them and see how it runs,,if I don't like them,,off they go and the stock pipes go back on!!!
The point of burned ankles is dead on.
I put 72" sidepipes on the late wife's Diplomat, and several of the nieces and nephews have scarred ankles.
Eventually we got smart, and escorted kids from the back seat if the pipes were warm.
As for our adult family, most of their ankles are already scarred from motorcycle exhaust, so the just got a reminder.
Ok,,,How's about I just be extree careful when existing the vehicle....
We've got lakes on the Cobra.
I parked it one day, started to walk away, and heard a noise behind me.
Turned around, and...some idjit with the all brains of a squashed louse had walked right up to it to look into the cockpit.
Why?
I don't know.
But his nylon trousers had melted into his ankles...and he seemed to think it was my fault.
"If you're too dumb to work out that the exhaust on a car that has just pulled up is going to be HOT; you're surely too dumb to breed."
And kept on going.
I don't think I made a new friend that day.
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Lol, I had completely forgotten about stupidity factor!
I was certain I was going to get sued one day:
People would actually walk up to the car and put their hands on the outlets to see if they were 'real'! They'd have a 'real' blister to satisfy their curiousity.
We had a Superformance cobra for 9 years, and both my daughter and niece had been "Snake Bit" as we called it :) I had a 69 Ranchero with side pipes and we had the shields on them, and I think that helped us from being burned.
Mike
We'll just wait for the day that your wife ends up with a 3rd degree burn on her calf, and you have to deal with the grief. Worse yet, a grandkid scarred for life, and you never hear the end of it. Yeah, you be "extree careful", that should take care of it!! Sheesh!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 1bad32
extree careful, til ya burn yerselfQuote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Two schools of thought, side pipes bar-b-que your leg and the db level will make you want to remove them soon after installed. For me both statements do not make a reasonable argument for someone not to run them. Hot pipes and burned legs is easily solved with some good old common sense. Loud and brash you bet that's the point, thunder road my friends from idle to red line.
Well said Pepi,,,,,,,,,why don't We just park our Rides in Our garages all day and "look at them" instead of driving them,,,,,,it's much safer that way,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,right Rodger,,,,sheesh!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pepi
Wow! I feel really special being singled out!! Thanks, Georgie!