Side Exit Exhaust.....

Hi guys and gals, Hope your all well…..

I was jusr after a bit of advise and what you think really, i am thinking of fitting a stainless exhaust to my mk1 golf and it got me thinking of different designs, oval ones, round ones, square ones, you the sort…. then i thought of maybe a side exit exhaust, i havent seen it on a mk1 before but that could mean two things, it a new and original idea or it looks rubbish…..

the tial pipe i was thinking of is a 3''x6'' rounded rectangle??? if you know what i mean….

if anybody has any pics or info on this please let me know, i dont want to make my car look rubbish just different….

Cheers…..

tiger-racing said

 it looks rubbish…..

 :roll:

Why would you want to do it?
You would get no benefits from it, plus it would sit awfullly low and probably give you clearance issues over speed bumps etc.

you would also loose performance as you would proberly have to make it where you wont beable to fit a center box so it will have no backpressure and a loss in performance will be seen.

Why would you want to do it?

Why Not….?

I just think it would look different, didnt think about clearance for speed bumps thou, its already lowered 40mm so i could be an issue.

The performance side of things im not too fussed, its only a 1.3 driver and doesnt go very fast as it is.

Thanks for the replies, if i go ahead with it i will post some pics so you can let me know if it looks good or bad.

Cheers.

sorry, still getting used to using the site.

tiger-racing said

i was thinking of is a 3''x6'' rounded rectangle??? if you know what i mean….

Wow, that's huge! Perhaps you can explain wh tou want to fit such a huge can to your Mk1? It's up to you but with regard to proportion and size it's a delicate car and I'm not convinced it could carry it off.

If I get a chance I might do a bit of Photoshop this afternoon and post it up for you!

Tian

It might work with a standard sized (1.5" diameter?) pipe out the passenger side. It would be louder because you have lost the backbox and all you need do is get a piece of pipe that will clamp to the centre box and bend it. Now you have no extra low pieces to hit the deck and there wont be any huge gaping exhausts anyway. Must more tasteful way of doing a side exit in my oppinion.

The best tail pipe for any mk1 is the supersprint racing exhaust one its just a peice of 60mm (2.5inch) diameter pipe with no rolled ends or shiney crap to the untrained eye it looks completly standard but to those who know its not and the best bit about it is that it aint just a tail pipe its the size of the rest of the system and not like a 1 inch pipe in 4 inch out gaz modile

Wow, that's huge! Perhaps you can explain wh tou want to fit such a huge can to your Mk1?

To be honest, i have a powerflow back box in my garage that i took off a mk3 orion, i think the tail pipe would looks good coming out of the side, the rest of the box wouldnt fit under the car so i would be taking that bit off and i think with the back box taken out it might sound a little sweeter…

A nice little 2'' round pipe sounds good but i dont have one of them in my garage…

can you remove the crease that joins the sill to the underside of the body?

It might fit a little closer to the body then??

Im just trying to through some ideas around, i like to be different…..

This could be you!



Tian 8)

Looks pretty good but won't the skirt melt?

tiger-racing said

can you remove the crease that joins the sill to the underside of the body?

It might fit a little closer to the body then??

Im just trying to through some ideas around, i like to be different…..

Thats where the sill spot welds to the floorpan. You could grind it off so the exhaust sits about 10mm higher but i wouldnt advise it. Wouldnt take long for the rust to get in.

does it make the car go sideways like a crab?

wouldnt your leg get burnt every time u got out with th engine running?

Nice Photo shop, thats the tail pipe i have got too.

I think it looks great, very different, havent seen anything like that before on a mk1…
dont think it would burn the skirt cos i dont have one,
probably would burn your leg as you get in, might have to put it on the passenger side……wont burn me then…. :twisted:
if i grind the lip of the sill then re weld it all up that would seal it again, yes??
I think im guna give it a go, looks like fun…..

Cheers guys…

benji said

does it make the car go sideways like a crab?

Tian :lmao:

tiger-racing said

if i grind the lip of the sill then re weld it all up that would seal it again, yes??

Yeah but if you can, use a MIG or TIG welder when you do it and remember to cover up the metal afterwards as soon as you can.