318is side exhaust fab idea

[erik325i]

lol the only way i could see this working is if you straight piped it. No cat no res no nothing.

Theres no way its gonna fit otherwise.

I actually have a dual in/out Magnaflow in mine. I am planning on rebuilding it to add a pair of resonators.

erick325i.... I am in love with your car.

haha.... I was thinking side exhaust in place of my rust.... but It would be too much work. But a metal plate right before my fender might look alright. Not going for it though. Only if I had it done right.

Thanks, but don't try to do a side exhaust as a way of cheeping out on rust repair.
Besides, even if you tried to build a tunnel for your exhaust to exit right in front of the wheel where your rust is, your gas tank is in the way. That's why if you look at mine, it's not all the way in the back of the sideskirt.

I know this isn't the side exhaust you were talking about but if you had a turbo, you could do something similar to what we did to our car.

That's kind of cool for a track car. I've seen a setup similar to that, but exit through the fender rather than the hood (non-e30).

[TimR]

Check with your emissions people, in Colo. you cant have side pipes unless they were stock or live in a county without emissions.

[lostbeachbum]

I know this isn't the side exhaust you were talking about but if you had a turbo, you could do something similar to what we did to our car.

[shEck3lls0]

erick325i.... I am in love with your car.

haha.... I was thinking side exhaust in place of my rust.... but It would be too much work. But a metal plate right before my fender might look alright. Not going for it though. Only if I had it done right.

[Dj Buttchug]

lol the only way i could see this working is if you straight piped it. No cat no res no nothing.

Theres no way its gonna fit otherwise.

[ZM Blue Devil]

This. Unless you do it like erik.

im in the Erik camp.

[gearheadE30]

lol don't do it.

This. Unless you do it like erik.

[Danny]

lol don't do it.

[erik325i]

Here are a couple larger pics of my car so you can have more to see than just my sig pic:

[erik325i]

Here's another side exhaust setup. (not my car):


In my opinion, unless you have the tip exit through the sideskirt, it looks half-assed.

[erik325i]

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Basically unbolted the current catback system and bolted on a 90 after the cat, ran a pip out to the side then slash cut a 90 as a tip. your gonna have a hard time fitting all that shit under there.

Sorry Dude, but using metal strapping from the hardware store to hold up the exhaust pipe is only one step up from using a coathanger.

Most side exhausts I've seen on this forum have been ghetto rigged with no tunnel for the exhaust. It ends up looking like a piece of shit that somebody pieced together with a bunch of leftover parts, hose clamps, and coathangers.
Don't do it this way.

[iamsam]

dude, i dunno man. I was envisioning an exit that was straight with a chrome straight tip, and a whole heck of alot bigger pipe. Is that the stock pipe size there? It looks tiny.

However, I am in love with your wheels. Trade for 15x7 Kosei K1s?

[Dude]

Are you planning on cutting and welding in a new tunnel for the side exhaust, or are you just going to have it hang low and poke out underneath the rocker panel?

I put a side exit exhaust on my M3, and had a proper tunnel fabricated for it and made it exit though the sideskirt. You can see it in my sig pic.

Most side exhausts I've seen on this forum have been ghetto rigged with no tunnel for the exhaust. It ends up looking like a piece of shit that somebody pieced together with a bunch of leftover parts, hose clamps, and coathangers.
Don't do it this way.

Erik

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Basically unbolted the current catback system and bolted on a 90 after the cat, ran a pip out to the side then slash cut a 90 as a tip. your gonna have a hard time fitting all that shit under there.

[iamsam]

Also, don't expect the exhaust to be anything near quiet.

loud is ok, as long as it is a good loud...

I have read though on here and M42club that this setup isn't too loud if you have both a muffler and a resonator....

[iamsam]

Are you planning on cutting and welding in a new tunnel for the side exhaust, or are you just going to have it hang low and poke out underneath the rocker panel?

I put a side exit exhaust on my M3, and had a proper tunnel fabricated for it and made it exit though the sideskirt. You can see it in my sig pic.

Most side exhausts I've seen on this forum have been ghetto rigged with no tunnel for the exhaust. It ends up looking like a piece of shit that somebody pieced together with a bunch of leftover parts, hose clamps, and coathangers.
Don't do it this way.

Erik

^^^ See, THAT'S the kind of experienced feedback that I was looking for!!!! ;) Thanks Erik, I was actually wondering what it would look like with no "place" for the exit piping. After looking at a side picture of my car, it would indeed seem an awkward location for an exhaust pipe.

yours looks awesome btw.