im planning on going the true dual way with side exit exhaust and what i want to do is run the piping along my SFCs and floorboard. the routing is not a problem but i was wondering if i will encounter any heat issues with the piping being flush to my floor board and they are right next to my rocker panel (side ground effects) mounting tabs and i noticed these pieces are plastic, will they burn being right next to my exhaust piping?

 

Mine were about 3" away from the GFX, and I never had any problems.

 

i want to do the same thing. Air adam do you have any pics of your car with the side exit? are you running full length headers or are you running the shorties?

 

I'd be cautious because you could burn the paint if the exhaust is too hot...

 

Best pic I have... I dont have that system anymore. I had stock manifolds on it when I had that system, but Shorties would have worked fine as well.

 

ya my set up is like a real side pipe set up but not the litteral "sidepipes". what im doin is custom down pipes from turbos to the sides where my rocker panel begins and then the pipes run straight down between my SFCs and the pinch rail on the floor boards. the mounting tabs for the rockers are 1/4 inch away from my exhaust piping. they are true dual 3" all the way back. from the side with them mocked up i think it looks bad ***. you cant see them till bout 7-10 ft away but even then you only see 1/2-3/4 of the pipes. definately doesnt look bad in my opinion, reminds me of an old vette but not really haha.

 

air_adam. how did you run the exhaust. did you have it made or did you just cut up your existing exhaust?

 

It actually only came out that side. I cut off the exhaust at the 'Y' on the Y-pipe, then mounted a 3" in/3" out muffler where the cat was, and ran a pipe with a turndown to the rear wheel.

It did sound really good, had a very nice bark to it, but the ground clearance wasn't great. It was fine most of the time, but you had to be very careful going up driveways and over speedbumps.