Exhaust System

Injunjoe said:

I know I posted in this thread early on, but it does not appear. As a Geo owner, I am sure the prototypes only show the muffler like they do because of the geo engine they have. It no doubt will change with the IAV engine. I do not know how my post was deleted, but suspect it has something to do with the recent belated (by a year) welcomes.

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It may also have been moved to another thread. :-) Z

Hog said:

I remember the pipes from my old Corvette ran thru the transmission crossmember. Was alot of fun changing the exhaust pipes. I ended up putting on Hooker sidemount exhausts, which really looked fine - Sidemounts would look pretty good on the Elio too -
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Yep, sidemount cherry bomb-- that's the ticket.

a side mounted exhaust on the same side as the gas fill .... even without that, not for me .... I've been there, done that, touched a hot pipe and burned a leg .... I like having the exhaust tucked up underneath out of sight and out of mind

Jim

So long as the promised 5.75 inches of ground clearance are there, they can stick the muffler/exhaust wherever the sun don't shine! Side pipes would have an aerodynamic drag penalty for sure.

Ekh said:

So long as the promised 5.75 inches of ground clearance are there, they can stick the muffler/exhaust wherever the sun don't shine! Side pipes would have an aerodynamic drag penalty for sure.

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More than putting it "out of sight under the vehicle"?

Ekh said:

So long as the promised 5.75 inches of ground clearance are there, they can stick the muffler/exhaust wherever the sun don't shine! Side pipes would have an aerodynamic drag penalty for sure.

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Hmmm... hadn't thought of the drag with side-pipes. Maybe, I could flatten a cherry bomb with a sledgehammer. What do you think?

Buzzy said:

Hmmm... hadn't thought of the drag with side-pipes. Maybe, I could flatten a cherry bomb with a sledgehammer. What do you think?

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Aerodynamic fairing covering the exhaust with a nice little SuperTrapp muffler at the end. Could even make a fake one for the left side to keep it looking symmetric.

NSTG8R said:

Aerodynamic fairing covering the exhaust with a nice little SuperTrapp muffler at the end. Could even make a fake one for the left side to keep it looking symmetric.

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Is that a F-18 Hornet in your picture? I want one of those.

Buzzy said:

Is that a F-18 Hornet in your picture? I want one of those.

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F-15E Strike Eagle (what I work on now) in a "balls to the wall" bank. I do agree on the F-18E/F Super Hornets though (worked on them around '02)....very cool looking aircraft.

Two things to add to this thread. Belly pans- most belly pans include drain holes or slots so that road and wash water can get out. The other issue, every one is asking about muffler placement- I am more interested in the fact that the engine videos show the catalytic converter right under the exhaust manifold, against the side of the block. Catalytic converters are VERY hot. As most of you know, you can easily start a grass fire by parking a hot converter in tall, dry grass. Seems like a heat source right in front of the firewall and under the hood would really heat up that small space. Some old GM trucks had to put heat shields on the manifold pipe to prevent the exhaust heat from melting the solenoid housing off the top of the starter.
Perhaps some other thoughts on this would be interesting.