[Guest]

i know of all the exhaust questions goin around, but this ones different! i have these 2 big-ass 4" chrome tips in the back, and was wonderin what kinda sound i would get out of it if i just cut them off and rerouted the pipe to dump out the side? would it be louder, quieter, better sounding, worse, what?! thanks a lot - kenny

 

[Davids78Bronco]

It should (!) be a little quieter. Imagine talking thru a megaphone, then taking it away... you're not as loud, same principle

 

[gators0204]

wouldnt a shorter length make it louder though?

 

[Guest]

i get your point, but im with gator on this one? is it because of the diameter of the tips? i thought it would be louder since it dumps off right after the muffler instead of going that extra 3 or 4 feet (winding too...) hmm..... :shrug

 

[SquattyD]

The 90 degree bend out towards the side will kill the sound alot more then slight bends avoiding the rear axle and such.

 

[Davids78Bronco]

again, use the megaphone idea... it's longer on your face, but when you pull it away, ,are you any louder than when you had the megaphone on your face? Nope. The 8-14" a tip is won't make much noticable difference in the exhaust, other than doing away with the megaphone effect

 

[Guest]

again, use the megaphone idea... it's longer on your face, but when you pull it away, ,are you any louder than when you had the megaphone on your face? Nope. The 8-14" a tip is won't make much noticable difference in the exhaust, other than doing away with the megaphone effect

alright, im sorry, but i have no ******* clue what you mean by that! :banghead :brownbag

 

[94 XLT BRONCO]

I agree it will not be as loud. If thats what your after, do it!
:shrug

 

[Guest]

no, i dont want to take away any sound, if anything, i want it to be louder... but besides that, those big-arse chrome tips are fugly ass hell, and i wanted some kind of side-exit exhaust goin...

 

[94 XLT BRONCO]

I like the looks of mine out the rear, but its a pain in the ass off road, gota straiten them and resecure them to my frame everytime, takes alot of clearance away under my bumper :banghead

 

[Guest]

EAXCTLY! i was stretchin it the other day, and got a tip full of mud and grass :twak ... i was thinkin possibly out the side between the tire and the side steps, no harm there......... :shrug plus i HATE chrome!

 

[Davids78Bronco]

borrow a torch, cut out two holes in your rear bumper, and end it an inch past that. The straighter you can run the exhaust, the louder it'll be. As squatty pointed out, any bends will cut down the noise. If you can keep the bends to within 15º, then you won't have any flow restrictions. IOW, keep your exhaust as straight out the back as you can

but then you have to deal with the exhaust blowing in an open rear window while you're driving

 

[Guest]

yeah, true... well, thanks for your help... i'll let yall know how it goes! :thumbup

 

[94 XLT BRONCO]

True....... cant keep back window open very long without a mask !!!

 

[Dustin]

i got tired of bashing mine into rocks so i cut it off the other day. I cut it right where it turns to go under the leaf spring. it did get louder after i cut it

 

[Miketnf150]

I use to like the chrome tips until I used them on an old bronco I had. They were turned out behind the rear wheel. It made it hard to keep them clean and shinney. After doing the engine swap on my 79 F-150 I left them off and have 3" exhaust turned out behind the rear wheel. I like much better.

 

[Guest]

i got tired of bashing mine into rocks so i cut it off the other day. I cut it right where it turns to go under the leaf spring. it did get louder after i cut it

how was the setup that you cut off?

as for making my exhaust up to 2.5" or 3", is there some sort of connector that goes from the stock size to the bigger one (meaning a piping style.) or would an exhaust shop just do all that?

 

[84brownbronco]

i like my setup. i had them out the sides but the black chunks comming out sprayed on my other cars.
so i did this.

 

[94 XLT BRONCO]

That looks good brown :thumbup

but that would be a pain in the ass off road !!

 

[Crazed]

I would rip those off the first time off road or worse, kink the pipes so it wont flow