Angry twin exhaust tips - Rover p6b - how?

[ewokracing]

Ok, hear me out on this. You know when you can sort of picture something in your mind but it's hard to write down?

Currently my P6b has got a horrible looking pipe sticking out the back that honestly looks meh.

Since the whole car is slowly getting a freshen up, I'll eventually be replacing the exhaust from the factory headers back.

Now, think of triumph stags. You know those twin exhaust pipes they have? How do I translate the twin exhaust look onto a p6b? I've thrashed google with all manner of search terms, I keep coming back to Peco back boxes, which is kinda the look I'm thinking of, but I also want the tips to angle down slightly.

Make sense?

anyway, take something like this:



and put it on this, but angle the tips down slightly



How? anyone got any decent examples of "retro" twin tips from back in the day?

[popuptoaster]

put the box on upside down?

[Rusted Pistons]

It'll look angrier sticking up slightly rather than down though.

[hongkongphooey]

Jan 19, 2011 11:21:31 GMT Rusted Pistons said:

It'll look angrier sticking up slightly rather than down though.

Agreed.....kind of like an e-type. I thing down will look like it's been fitted badly.

[midmounted]

If you fit it angled down isn't it going to look like a diesel


Less angry just a bit pi$$ed off

[popuptoaster]

i think if the box is hidden up under the rear valance and just the pipes are poking down it would look ok, a fair few american muscle cars came like that from the factory.

[Leo]

Stag is aimed very slightly upwards:


Shouldn't be difficult with a welding set, should it? (I'm no welder though!)

P6 rear:


Not sure on the downswept look being angry or aggresive at all though. Up is more hardcore

[goldenwonder]

Something like this from Jetex & put whatever tail pipe on you want?
www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Exhausts/Universal_Exhaust_Silencers/Jetex_Universal_Exhaust_Splitter_Silencer/1884/5139

[elmotheewokking]

I think I get what you mean.
The pipes come out of the back box as the are, but the last say 2" or so kink and go parallel to the floor?
I can vaguely remember something like that, can't remember what on though...
I think two in the centre would look the nuts...

[ewokracing]

this is kinda what I'm after, but with the tips angling down under the bumper, not the rear quarter panels. Although.... I'd thought about the same sort of side exhaust dump as well, hmmmm



definately no friggen way to centre exhausts though.

[ToolsnTrack]

You mean these:



Gen 2 Trans Am

EDIT - Link should work now...

[ewokracing]

^ can't see anything?

[ToolsnTrack]

No idea why the link above wont work. Have wasted an hour of my life trying to fix it.. Someone with Google-fu and higher than 56k can highlight this better than me. A generation 2 Pontiac Trans Am has the exhaust that this man requires.

[ewokracing]

the mechanics behind proboards is pretty clunky, it won't let you link to photos with a long extension name either (hence why I haven't put up anything about my Rover or the wagon as it doesn't like my photobucket album names etc).

[elmotheewokking]

Uploaded it to my 'bucket for you.

[alolympic]

This is a bit unqualified but, angling the exit downwards is likely to effect the performance of the exhaust. With the exit gases being passed directly into the flow of air under the car, it can reduce how quickly the gasses can escape. Result - you may lose some performance.
As I say unqualified, but gut feel from what I have read.
Upwards exit will look better anyway I reckon...

[ewokracing]

I seriously doubt it, besides, its a land barge to start with and it has a V8 that has barely been driven hard in it's life so its pretty gunky inside, performance isn't on the cards at this stage.

[popuptoaster]

You'd have to be running something pretty hi po with a proper tuned exhaust to notice any performance hit from pressure differences at the back of an exhaust pipe.

[fad]

Your back end is at teh wrong angle to pull off a downswept exhaust dude. Unless you ahve the space to completely hide and tuck away the exhaust, then a downswept look will look, as said, badly fitted and exposed. How about slash cut side exit?

[ToolsnTrack]

Pffft.


Do it. Its your car after all. I personally dig it!