Sports exhausts for bad W116s:

[B13]

Ok here's some designs I drew up during quiet time at work (was sick of work for the day):

1st design is for Cam's club car Ol'silver:

2nd design is the one currently on my club car "whitey":

Its a very simple system and its performance and note is pretty good, its all made up of 3" piping and a pretty plain resonator and muffler:

And here's what is sounds like: Link so I'll stick with it for the time being.

3rd design is another simple sports system, this time applied to a 280:

It collects the pipes down near the gearbox into a single 3" pipe, a dog and a muffler. Think of it as a 6cyl version of the system fitted to Whitey.

4th design is a more complex sports system, for a 280:

Its the long system I was talking about in which the output pipes have a dog in each and are never collected..

Believe its the same as fitted to Povo, and sounds like this: Link

5th design is the best possible race system for a 6cyl:

In fact its a variation on the system I design for Cam's Ol' Silver:

BTW the 4 rectangles on each diagram represent the car's wheels.

Ian.

 

[oscar]

Great effort Ian. I'm going to have to grab a rear end soundbite I reckon. Nah bugger it, big rev vids soon

 

[SELfor50]

'Technical Diagram' #1 is getting installed on Monday

I'd like to say i'll put up a recording up next week, but reality is.. I'll end up not having the time to do it and you'll probably be disappointed...

There will be photo's though.

You gonna kit up a new exhaust or stick with the current setup Oscar?

 

[Michel]

Very Nice Ian,

Did you have a go at designing a serious exhaust for the Triple Bs? (Big Block Brigade)

 

[SELfor50]

Very Nice Ian,

Did you have a go at designing a serious exhaust for the Triple Bs? (Big Block Brigade)

I gotta jump in on that one....

The 'Triple B's' should having nothing smaller than 3.5" pipes, straight through, stainless steel and popping out under each tail light at the rear.

 

[oscar]

You gonna kit up a new exhaust or stick with the current setup Oscar?

No exhaust mods for povo just yet. Would love to experiment later on though Remeber 450AMG I think. Uploaded this mod CLICK HERE can you guys rermember what it was. It says 2.5" all the way through but I can't remember full details. Would it match one of your diagrams Ian?

 

[B13]

Did you have a go at designing a serious exhaust for the Triple Bs? (Big Block Brigade)

Gave MS Paint a real workout today inbetween solving people IT woes...

Since the Big Block is really OTT its only fitting that it should be fitted with a similarly OTT exhaust system so this is the natural for those cars:

Here's some artists impressions of what the finished product would look like:

and

And finally of course worthy mention must be made of the exhaust system made famous by mad max, would be ideal on a 6.3 or 6.9:

Anyone interested please feel free to crop some mad max pipes on a 116.

I.

 

[SELfor50]

AWESOME!!!

My plan has changed, i've been told the side exit pipes aren't legal on a 4 door car, and thus i'm going to re-jig my other setup...

 

[Michel]

Here's some artists impressions of what the finished product would look like:

I.

I luuuuuurve the look....

But I'd hate to think of cost to have them made and the droning that comes with side pipes.
I used to have a 69 Corvette convertible with side pipes...

 

[oscar]

Michel, it was much easier to grab a copy of 690sel rather than take my own photo. Yours was on the correct angle plus the exhaust had a red reflection on it which suited. The exhaust was pinched from a 1970 stingray I think but I spent a bit of time on youtube to hear what all the fuss was and wow. The Corvettes are magic.

Cam, it was a question I was thinking of asking but you've found out. All I could think was burnt legs of anyone that got too close. I know there's a cover over but it doesn't look quite right for the end to come out near the side door.

What about exiting into the rear wheel wells? This was done on a car that was posted on one of the forums ages ago and it may have been a 6.3. I can't recall any details though. Anybody remember?

 

[SELfor50]

Not sure oscar, need to investigate. For the moment, think i'm gonna re-fabricate my current setup and maybe remove the muffler at the back.

 

[B13]

My plan has changed, i've been told the side exit pipes aren't legal on a 4 door car, and thus i'm going to re-jig my other setup...

Thats a shame.

I knew this was a possibility but didn't think it would be much of a problem if the car is unregistered, or registered as a 2 seater...

Still save your $ and spend it elsewhere on the car.

Eliminating a muffler makes a good cheap task.

I.

 

[SELfor50]

Thats a shame.

I knew this was a possibility but didn't think it would be much of a problem if the car is unregistered, or registered as a 2 seater...

Still save your $ and spend it elsewhere on the car.

Eliminating a muffler makes a good cheap task.

I.

Another thing I found out today... I have to re-register it as a 2 seater.

Once i've got the paint all done, I'll be taking it past my 'roadworthy' man for a new certificate / inspection. I thought I was getting somewhere, but sooooo much more to spend.