Anyone care to help suggest some exhaust tips? This looks soo ugly i'm ashamed.

Photoshop's welcome. I've always been more of a wrencher than a waxer, so I'd truely appreciate some feedback from you car show guys.

-- Joe

 

Borla Dual Square Intercooled tips. they went up in price though, $187/side at summit.

 

Gee Anesthes, it looks like you put cheapie autozoone mufflers on that Vette!

Some basic chrome slashcut tips should work, and a bargain at $10 each from NAPA.

It must be something in the air, 'cause I am geading home after this post to attempt to fabricate my own tips for the T/A. I haven't found what I want so I'm going to attempt to make some from scratch. I want to duplicate the stock 1984 T/A tips, but in larger diameter, mandrel bent tubing. Sort of a departure from the fat tip craze we've been on these past few years. I want them to be unobtrusive and also turn the sound downwards. Speak softly but carry a big stick sort of thing...

 

I like stock autozone mufflers. I'm not a huge fan of loud. with the headers + 3" dual exhaust, 3" cat it's plenty loud enough. The stock mufflers help keep it tame.

I'll check out those slash cut tips. Thanks for the advice.

-- Joe

 

I like these. http://www.prestomart.com/cgi-bin/st...dies&pd=469031

But then again, I like this:
http://www.topoftheline.com/tennatoy.html

 

You're a moderator and you're posting a non-thirdgen-related thread?

 

Eh. It's a C4. The Camaro was essentially a Vette with a metal body and slight bodyline changes. And the Firebird is essentially a Camaro with a different face and butt. And he's only asking about exhaust tips, and what looks good. So it's not technically thirdgen only. If I were a mod, I'd let it slide.

 

and it had a different drivetrain.. and only could seat two.. and had a one piece front end that flipped forward.. BUT it was pretty much the same..

 

Don't start. I've put my time in (well over 10 years, and over 20k) into fbody's.
And those of you who actually know me, know the last few years I got pretty annoyed with the limitations I was facing.
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ahaha. But otherwise you know, it's basically the same


The suggestions are not bad. Thank you. I'm stuck with the quad exhaust exits. When I had the firebird's I had the hooker catback with quad tips and it didn't look bad. I was hopping to find 4 decent tips that would give the same appearance. You have to admit, those mufflers in the picture are horrible.

-- Joe

 

I like these, but the single ones. I think you got the y-split right? I saw some chrome ones on summit selling for $38 each but they were discontinued. I wonder if I can get 4 for a bargain. summit won't guarantee availability. They look sweet though. clamp on or bolt on?

-- Joe

 

They are clamp on and they are y-split. my brother has a pair on his 96 Trans Am, they aren't Borlas but have the same shape and look and are individual.
I think they might have been part of the SLP Two On The Left setup that we got from a friend when we slapped a Borla on his 82.
here is the 96,
http://transamws6.com/lino/myspace/brokedown.jpg

I found the Borlas in individuals,
http://www.autoanything.com/exhausts...A2447A0A0.aspx

 

I think it would be pretty cool to see the exhaust routed into the bumper like a 1970 barracuda. Just throwing out an idea.

 

On a certain level of abstraction, all cars are about the same. But at least the Vettes and the F-body's isn't day and night. I mean, a lot of them had L98's, 700-R4's, and some other misc. switchable parts. At least he isn't asking about exhaust tips for a '57 Ford Fairlane. :P

 

Without getting into a huge debate, because all I really want is some exhaust tips - they are night and day different, even the l98 and 700R4 is different, nothing from the fbody fits my vette, which I found out AFTER buying a vette. I can't tell you how many good parts I had to sell or scrap cuz I couldn't use 'em. Even simple stuff.

But with that said. Those borla tips look sweet.

-- Joe

 

Joe:

Check it out: Corvette Forum

I hear what you are saying but at this point it sounds like you don't want to give up the moderator bwana.

 

I don't mind moderating. I've been here since the beginning, and have had more of these cars apart than most people. Corvette forum is full of retards who don't turn wrenches.

Some of the hardcore members here don't have fbody's either.

Again, the question was about exhaust tips.

-- Joe

 

I understand. It would be a shame not to allow us access to your F-body wisedom. How about an F-body avatar?

Personally, I think the kind of car you have depends on the exhasut tips you choose. For example, pipe straight out the back of a '91-'92 Firebird with ground effects looks kinda weird. It's for this reason I went with (and will stay with) the stock turn downs:





DON'T get into the mudflaps argument.

 

After going through lots of pictures, seeing a few late C4's, and a bunch of 4th gen Z28's. I decided to go with these.


Thanks guys!

 

I was going to suggest a set of those but I couldn't find any that had 2 inlets and one wide outlet.

 

Got 'em from mid-america. they slide over the two pipes and clamp on. but i'll weld 'em on. Should look nice I think. hope. I fired the car up for the first time tonight since I took the body apart for paint in november.. while I had everything apart, I cut the collectors off the headers and did a lap joint instead, with a walker lap-joing band clamp. No leaks, more clearance.

cc306 cam sounds sick with long tubes and cats, and stock mufflers.

-- Joe

 

would that be the comp cams 306s cam?? if so, it sounds sick with LT's, no cats, and only car chemistry header inserts/mufflers also.. my setup.. sounds even better open headers