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True dual exhaust....? Anyone try this? by IcantDo55
Started on: 08-06-2003 12:56 PM
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I'm thinknig of making a true dual exhaust for my 85 v6. I'd turn the rear facing exhaust manifold down and out the back drivers side and the front facing manifold would go around the bottom of the motor not unlike it does now and head out the passinger side rear. Anyone done this? I'd use a supertrap or some kind of muffler that goes on the tailpipe. I'm not concerned with cats because its an off road race car. Any imput would be great!
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Paul Taylor, England.
85 GT Notchback, 2.8 V6, 4 speed manual. Custom made Tubular branch exhaust manifolds with true twin 3in exhaust system. No CAT, No EGR. No Crossover pipe. ADS Road Race SuperChip & 160 deg stat. Poly bushes all round. Lowered 2 inches. 16" alloys with 225/45 rubber. 0-60mph in 5.5 sec.
www.fieroforum.co.uk/Paul85gt.htm
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Report this Post08-06-2003 04:27 PM Click Here to See the Profile for ED's85GTSend a Private Message to ED's85GTDirect Link to This Post
When i was thinking about how i wanted the exhaust on my 4.9 I remembered and old Hot Rod article that said that a good exhaust for a "V" motor would be around 2" per side
(for a 300 cubic inch motor) with equal lenght pipes up to the crossover(for better exhaust scavenging). The article also mentioned that the crossover's placement is very critical (too far from manifolds= no good, Too close to manifolds= no good).

Armed with all of this information, i towed my Fiero down to the exhaust shop and told the guys what i wanted done. After looking at the Fiero for a while they explained to me that what i wanted would be very hard to do (expensive).

The more i look at both of my fieros the more i think that it would be almost impossible (very expensive) to build a true and at the same time functional(performance enhancing) dual exhaust set-up in these cars.

Just my oppinnion.

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Originally posted by jeffndebrus:

Paul Taylor, England.
85 GT Notchback, 2.8 V6, 4 speed manual. Custom made Tubular branch exhaust manifolds with true twin 3in exhaust system. No CAT, No EGR. No Crossover pipe. ADS Road Race SuperChip & 160 deg stat. Poly bushes all round. Lowered 2 inches. 16" alloys with 225/45 rubber. 0-60mph in 5.5 sec.
www.fieroforum.co.uk/Paul85gt.htm

Thats pretty sick!

Just those mods will get a well running, stick, V6 fiero to 60 in 5.5 secs?
If so, the stock fiero system must suck..¿

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Report this Post08-06-2003 08:01 PM Click Here to See the Profile for donk316Send a Private Message to donk316Direct Link to This Post
According to Clifford Performance the 4 / 6 cylinder specialists 2" exhaust is mint for 2.8 - 3.4L 'stage 2' tuning. Any larger and your wasting precious torque unless your running some twin turbo setup that requires dual 3" exhaust.
I have WCF shorty headers running into 2" mandrel tubing. The firewall side comes up and over the transmission and dumps out the drivers side exit under the facia. The rear header exits and does a 135 degree turn and dumps out the pass side. total cost to do this was 500 CDN, not including the mufflers. both pipes end in supertrapps. if you have any questions, let me know.

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Originally posted by donk316:

According to Clifford Performance the 4 / 6 cylinder specialists 2" exhaust is mint for 2.8 - 3.4L 'stage 2' tuning. Any larger and your wasting precious torque unless your running some twin turbo setup that requires dual 3" exhaust.
I have WCF shorty headers running into 2" mandrel tubing. The firewall side comes up and over the transmission and dumps out the drivers side exit under the facia. The rear header exits and does a 135 degree turn and dumps out the pass side. total cost to do this was 500 CDN, not including the mufflers. both pipes end in supertrapps. if you have any questions, let me know.

Questions...Yes. Got a Pic? How does it sound? I have a stroked 2.8-3.4.

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Report this Post08-07-2003 12:26 AM Click Here to See the Profile for donk316Send a Private Message to donk316Direct Link to This Post
Heres the only two pics I have handy:

Sounds good. lol. umm low burbly like a healthy v8 minus 2 cyl

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