During my engine swap I took the long tube headers from the donor vehicle. The problem is that the pipes don't fit my frame. I decided that I could just flip the headers upside down (since they still bolt on that way) and then get some pipe and run the exhaust back down under the car. Or get a little bit of pipe and make some nostrils in my hood and run the exhaust out right at the back of my hood. Anyone have any other crazy ideas? Or is this whole notion a bit too crazy?

 

Your crazy lol..

 

Unless going turbo, it is crazy.

 

Enjoy sucking down that exhaust gas

 

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I though about that. Which led to the redirecting or throwing it off to the side.

Well I'm back at it today. I still have to get the engine all the way in the car. I'll upload some pictures when its done

 

Could just get some differant headers. But sure cut holes in the hood and have your exhaust set up like a pull truck LOL! This I have to see.

 

Haha. Get some super long exhaust tips and put little stacks on my car. God that'd be awful.

 

Don't forget the rain flappers, nothing beats the sound of those things tinging at idle !!!

 

I was just going to say that, I love flappers. I wish the guys that have the diesel truck with stacks would run flappers. I was walking out of work last week and the Shred It truck was out front and I hear ting, ting, look over and there was a flapper on the stack-I had to just smile.

 

What eninge are u using? Why can't you just use the proper manifolds or headers for the car?

Forget pipes out the hood, its a total failure in every way.

 

350, because I hate manifolds, and because I don't wanna shell out the money for headers when I already have a pair.

Kinda why I was joking around with the idea...

 

I might just go headers (upside down, because its cool)- elbows- mufflers under the car. So I'll have some pipes really close to the firewall...

 

Don't listen to the naysayers! It's your car. If you want to do something nuts with it you can. It's a free country. Sort of. So if you want to run the risk of choking, being deafened or ridiculed or even getting a ticket or two go for it. It could not possibly be worse then 24" rims with 30 profile tires on a hi rise Monte Carlo. Please post pics.

 

Thank YOU.

 

What are the headers for? Sell them and buy the right ones...

 

I would love to. But around here there is just about no one who needs or wants headers

 

if I where thinking of doing it I would go to junk yard and get a trashed Hood then if you don't like it or change your mind for whatever reason you still have your original Hood to put back on it just some food for thought

 

This is a good idea, but on a street car I doubt pipes out the hood is going to fly with the cops.

 

Hope no one ever walks by and touches those pipes wrapping around the fenders.

 

Toss them in the trash, then.

 

You could go back with a set of the old iron logs.

 

Put em through the hood! Support the stereotype!

 

Through the hood, chrome mini truck stacks (with flappers) and a roof mounted train horn! Not a weedy little truck horn. There's a whole subculture that hide train horns in their cars. Google it.

 

Support it? This is taking it over the top!

 

Or spend $100 on some cheap shorties.

 

Running them through the hood isn't a good idea because

1. The exhaust is blowing will be blowing right at the windshield..
2. You will have an extremely loud car.
3. You won't be able to park it outside if it is raining.
4. You will be cutting your hood to make holes
5. It might be a safety issue because they will obstruct your view

If you are going to run an elbow you are going to be spending quite a bit on piping to make it run back under the car.. You would be better off just to get a cheap set of headers that are made for your car.

 

Everyone who is saying that I'll be sucking down exhaust.... If I did put the headers out the hood I would make tips that run the exhaust down the side of the car... Not so it'd be blowing exhaust into my face.

 

Lets see some pics!

 

Ok then how would you open the hood if the pipes wrape down over it and over the fenders? Like was said you will have way more money and time in trying to make a crazy exhaust set up with the headers you have then getting a right set of cheap headers or manifolds. I'm all about custom and thinking outside the box if it's done right and going to make the car look better, but the idea's you have a just crazy and never going to look right. I'm not trying to be a downer, but come on man-somethings should never be done.

 

 

turn the headers around so they exit forward.

 

Bolt the headers onto the exhaust pipes. Gasket the connection and unbolt it if I wanna take the hood off. Or put it up.

 

So if you want to check your oil, add washer fluid, or other wise look at your engine, you'll have to unbolt your exhuast?

 

OK guys, this is enough, Where is the hidden cameras?

 

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. We need to stop feeding them.

 

Seems alot of work for a jump if the battery went down......

 

Especially with some super hot exhaust piping...in a emergency and you need to get the hood open ASAP....

 

It was said once before. Nattering nabobs of negativism! The lines are not just there for coloring inside but for crossing now and then. If it doesn't work out it can be undone.

 

I for one think it's a fantastic idea and will look and sound AMAZING. Definitely do it! And post pictures!

 

HaHaHa love it Yeah I'm gong to stop feeding the troll now. I need to get back into my garage and finish the exhasut stacks that are going to exit throght my roof, if someone want to get in the back seat I will just unbolt them and let them throught, by the way i'm going 6" stacks with flappers LOL! I mean it seems better then getting a new catback.

 

do it demo car style...

 

Did you get this done?

 

I sure hope not, but if it did I wast to see pix.

 

Me thinks if it did, All 600 plus people that looked at this want's to see pix !

 

Oh look, 5 minutes in MS Paint and I found a picture.

 

STOP! I'm about to **** my pants!

 

OMG-that pic is great LOL! Well I think you just helped the OP with his design.

 

Because racecar!

 

Even though most of you are total cockbites (although the MS paint thing was great) I ended up going with the normal way of running headers. No upside down bullcrap.