Side Exhaust - Done :-)

As the title says really, had some time on my hands so thought I would join the 'side exhaust' club

Got myself some flexi piping - 60mm internal diameter, and 500mm length for £15.00, and a tax disco holder for a motor bike (as has longer bolts and nuts on the end for the trim piece at the vast amount of around £4.00 delivered )

Went to work with the drill and angle grinder - cut off the back box, drilled out a hole for the exit - fitted the tax disc holder then used an old piece of 2.5 inch pipe I had left over from a decat pipe (another car project) for the new 'tail part' and jobs done.

I couldn't be bothered to weld up new brackets, so made some up out of some old strips of metal I had - attached one to the clamp and the rear bumper, and the other to the bracket for the mudflap.

All in all, about 1.5 hours from start to finish with a drink in my hand

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Love the tax disc holder idea, work of genious

Newbie question, WHY?

Years ago my boss had a yank tank. When the exhaust needed replacing the garage fitted side exhausts (why I don't know). One day when setting off from the lights pedestrians started shouting and chasing down his car. Apparently a poor pooch got a face full of exhaust gas and keeled over. Luckily no harm done and the dog was OK.

ecotack said:

Newbie question, WHY?

Years ago my boss had a yank tank. When the exhaust needed replacing the garage fitted side exhausts (why I don't know). One day when setting off from the lights pedestrians started shouting and chasing down his car. Apparently a poor pooch got a face full of exhaust gas and keeled over. Luckily no harm done and the dog was OK.

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Why? Just cos

Personally i think it looks stupid and is pointless but each to their own I guess

Where did you get the exhaust from

Got the exhaust from a place called 'scaraborough racing'

Are these MOT legal?

Yes MOT is fine.

Why?? I did mine because I kept catching the back box on pay and play days, so a side exit solved that.

Like it.

Is the flexi tube ali?

auf_wiedersehen_pet said:

Like it.

Is the flexi tube ali?

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Think its steel as they said i could weld it...but its a lot more heavy duty than some of them i saw

Here is the shop

scarborough racing

And a link they sell it on ebay

flexi pipe

Steve_R1979 said:

Yes MOT is fine.

Why?? I did mine because I kept catching the back box on pay and play days, so a side exit solved that.

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Same here,you soon get fed up of bodging up/replacing exhausts. Side exit all the way

does removing the back box have much effect on how loud it is?

ecotack said:

Newbie question, WHY?

Years ago my boss had a yank tank. When the exhaust needed replacing the garage fitted side exhausts (why I don't know). One day when setting off from the lights pedestrians started shouting and chasing down his car. Apparently a poor pooch got a face full of exhaust gas and keeled over. Luckily no harm done and the dog was OK.

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Ha this is a brilliant way of forcing all the idiots in lycra,aged between 48 and 70 off of the roads,racing bikes that never race.

jayf12000 said:

does removing the back box have much effect on how loud it is?

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Not all,i lost my back box last year,took about 2 months untilll i noticed.
It was only when i got under the truck to look at something else i noticed it missing!.

jayf12000 said:

does removing the back box have much effect on how loud it is?

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Not on turbo diesel I don't think. Made my V8 a bit louder but not intrusive.

I haven't noticed any increase in noise in mine

If your running with no middle box,its not much loader loosing the back box. It'll sound different only because the sounds now out the side.

I noticed a big difference when i took out the middle box, so much so i put it back, but no real difference with no back box tho

I've got no back box and a Cherry Bomb instead of a centre box - nice and raspy!

auf_wiedersehen_pet said:

I've got no back box and a Cherry Bomb instead of a centre box - nice and raspy!

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same, but its foooooooooooking LOUD!
with the old center box on and no rear box it was maybe 10% louder?
V8 btw