Factory Five Racing - Under Car Exhaust
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as
done by jolsen42
Left
Side 1
In this view, you can
see the Ford Racing shorty headers, which are angled forward. These are
part number M-9430-P51, which is the same as the M-9430-P50 stainless
headers, but with ceramic coating. The J pipe coming off the headers is
connected to 2¼” exhaust pipe, which can be seen going under the well
insulated driver’s footbox.
Left
Side 2
Here
you can see the underside of the driver’s footbox, and the joint between
the 45degree bend and the straight pipe going into the muffler.
Left
Side 3
Now you’re looking back at the inlet of the Spin Tech #7223
Cruiser Series Muffler. The muffler is only 2¼” thick, the same as the
diameter of the exhaust pipe. The extra airspace to the floor under the
driver’s seat can be clearly seen. This extra space helps to keep the
heat from getting to the passenger compartment.
Left
Side 4
Here is the exhaust heading up and over
the 3-link rear axle. You can see the 2 90’s used to direct the exhaust
up behind the passenger compartment and over the axle. An exhaust
hanger is attached to the band clamp at the union of the hard pipe
coming into the axle and the flexible stainless pipe that is used to
come out the back side.
Left
Side 5
This view shows the section of flex pipe needed as you come
out behind the axle. After weaving around the shock absorber and
suspension links, the flex pipe makes the transition back to hard pipe
with another band clamp, attached to another exhaust hanger.
Left
Side 6
This final pic of the left side exhaust shows the straight
stainless section that forms the “stinger” out the back, positioned by a
final exhaust hanger just before exiting under the body.
Right
Side 1
The right side exhaust
is done pretty much identical to the left side. Here you can see the
outlet of the Spin Tech #7223 Cruiser Series Muffler and the short piece
of straight pipe before the 2 90’s going up behind the passenger
compartment and over the rear axle. Again, you can see the extra space
between the muffler and the floor under the passenger’s seat.
Right
Side 2
This different angle shot on the right side shows more clearly
the need for the piece of stainless flex pipe to finish the path around
the rear suspension. It also shows the majority of the complete right
side exhaust routing, illustrating the relative simplicity of this
system.
Right
Side 3
This final pic on the right side shows the
stainless “stinger” from a different view. Note the angled cut at the
tip and the slightly different mounting of the last exhaust hanger. The
exhaust hanger was found to be not rigid enough and was changed to the
same design as on the left side.
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