Question about exhaust...

[EvasiveEF9]

Haha yes let me tell you how new I am. A BS in Mechanical Engineering, I don't know shit.

The way you talk you make it sound as if the tip will have an effect on how the exhaust sounds. Hopefully you know that it will not. I am also guessing you drive the car everyday. Hence "my car scrapes the speed bumps at school". Then you say the exhaust is for the weekend/track. I don't get it. Are you building an exhaust to use just for certain outings. IMO that would be a waist of time and resources. If you are so concerned about ground clearance side exit exhaust is not going to be the best route. But if you are dead set on side exit exhaust a tip should not be that hard to find.

The piping will still be more than likely have a bigger cross section than the tip even if you go with an oval or rectangle shape. Therfore it will still scrape. There is a reason most cars have the exhaust out the back.

But then again I am new to this, and don't know what I am talking about.

Hey, I wasn't the one originally calling you a dumbass. I was merely retorting. As for your education...well...nevermind, we'll end this like adults andmove on.

Anyways...yes, the goal is to build an exhaust that would exit out the side for the weekends at the track, and I'll have a regular exhaust for it as a daily driver. Why? I don't want a loud exhaust for the streets, like the side-exit would put out. I already draw enough attention from local police. Running a side-exit would bypass having a muffler and resonator, and possibly even a cat converter. I'm not certain exactly how I would set it up, but I assure you, it would be louder simply by how it would be built...not neccessarily because I WANT it to be loud.

As for time and resources, it shouldn't take much time for me to swap out as it should only be 4 or 5 bolts and a few exhaust hangers to remove. Resources..I wouldn't expect to spend much...all I'd really need is pipe, and a welder (for the most part). So I wasn't too concerned with that.

As for ground clearance, let's not kidd ourselves, a side-exit WOULD still be low, even if flattened, and would only offer us MAYBE a half inch of extra ground clearance. For daily driving and being on the street, that's not much at all. But for the track (given the track is maintained and clear) a half inch can make the difference of losing the front bumper on a car. However, it would provide a LITTLE extra margin for the track.

I apologize if my posts made it seem as though I was convinced the TIP would make the difference in the sound/performance/whatever...I know a little better than that.

Make sense now? And no...this post is not meant to be dick, sarcastic, or assholish in any way...