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Old Sep 3, 2006 | 03:38 AM
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i was wondering if any one makes an angeled exhaust for the xb's?.. if not is there enough space underneath the rear to angle a muffler on an xb?.. have it on my galant and looks nice i think.. any thoughts.,
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strup is slightly angled.
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I've always thought of an angled exhaust to be a racer/drifter kind of style... my xB is not for racing... but my S12 Nissan gots one. That's just my $0.02.
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having it angel now is like a new style and a up to date look i just have the exhaust tip 5 inch and i custom the angel pipe at my boys shop there always room when you custom anything..........
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i love the angeled look. i was woondering if should get a muffler and just weld it (not m,odifying the whole setup..only back muffler part)in an angeled position.. not sure how the performance will be affected.. ?? will it?..
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it will only affected it if you just got the muffler tip and a custom angle pipe but if you got the whole cat back angle already itll be fine
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keep these on rwd cars only. GOD . i never had a wrong wheel drive car till now and seeing angled exhausts on fwd cars makes the baby jesus cry if there was such a thing as jesus.


and for the record there is enough room to do it and a few companys bastardize rwd heritage and make angled exhausts for the xB .
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Originally Posted by implayaz9
i was wondering if any one makes an angeled exhaust for the xb's?.. if not is there enough space underneath the rear to angle a muffler on an xb?.. have it on my galant and looks nice i think.. any thoughts.,
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The pic is an EVO not a Galant. Unless this pic is just an example how the exhuast looks.
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Originally Posted by hsoj_v
I've always thought of an angled exhaust to be a racer/drifter kind of style... my xB is not for racing... but my S12 Nissan gots one. That's just my $0.02.
Wow, another dude on this board that feels the xB is not for racing. bravo. I don't feel lonely anymore!
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wtf are you talkin about angle mufflers only for rwd i got it on my gsr its fwd
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Originally Posted by tc06trd
wtf are you talkin about angle mufflers only for rwd i got it on my gsr its fwd
and it shouldn't be on that car.
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its for drifting, it helps the car break traction when it blows sideways...

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WOW....................
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Originally Posted by GROUNDED
its for drifting, it helps the car break traction when it blows sideways...


The DC Sports axle back comes out crooked. I personally don't like that look (maybe because of the 100s of hondas in my area that drive around with their huge fart cans hanging out of their bumper crooked)

I bought mine from fuscionscion here on SL and he cut the rear section of pipe and re-welded it to make it come out straight and it looks so much better in my opinion.
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the angled exhaust is just the style, its no different than a 3" tip or a 4" tip, or a burnt tip finish and a carbon fiber finish

theres not a specific type of car that an angled exhaust is designed for. ive seen angled exhaust on plymoth prowlers to lamborgini murcelagos so its not jdm exclusive either.
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why is it only RWD?! never ever heard that.
Old Dec 5, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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BECAUSE ITS DESIGN INTENT WAS TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING THE IRS IN CARS NOT FOR LOOKS!!!! lol.
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CAPS ANYONE????

yeah, hes got a point. it was a design that everyone thought looked cool so they started doing it
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Originally Posted by GROUNDED
BECAUSE ITS DESIGN INTENT WAS TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING THE IRS IN CARS NOT FOR LOOKS!!!! lol.
examples?!

the new GTI has an IRS as does (im 99% sure) the M3. they both have stright exhausts.

it has everything to do with looks, just like everything else we do to our cars.
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IRS.....

Independent
Rear
Suspension



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