OneMoreSuicide

Well, I was running my MGT over some railroad ties and it happened to catch the edge of one just right and it cut my exhaust deflector almost in half. This was about 2 weeks ago and since driving after then I noticed that my right-rear suspension arms get wet from the exhaust and as a result they get MUCH more dirty than the rest of the truck, which bothered me. So I tried thinking of how I could mod it to a rear exhaust. Well, it couldnt be done without moding the shocks. More specificly, removing the fake piggy backs. Well This is what I did and canged the mount wire a little and i have a rear exhaust


And yes, that is electrical tape.. I have a while before I can pick up a new deflector........

OneMoreSuicide

I just saw this and wanted to add that the deflector does NOT touch the springs

ICrashThings

Isn't that how you are originally suppose to do it? When I first got my MGT thats how it was set up right out of the box...[&:]

OneMoreSuicide

nope, from the factory it came with exhaust routed throught the bottom of the truck

webdr

mine was bottom of the truck too. I was thinking about using a piece of thicker clear tubing to combat this problem as I have gone through 2 of these in less than a month.
Anybody know if using a piece of tubing that is a little longer than the factory blue tube will effect the exhaust pulses and change performance?

CTDave

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Don't go to long and it should be alright.But why not get a side manifold and run the pipe up the side.That way it's out of the way and neat looking.

mentorman

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HMMM, I might try it, how much clearance do the A-arms have when compressed?

CTDave

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All kinds of clearance ,nothing hits it.I run one with the losi pipe (in that pic) and an xtm on the other one if you go to that site all the pic's ore there.Using one of those over the stock pipe also gives quite a boost in power and performance.

CTDave

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I don't think that site went up let me get the other pic

webdr

is that the team chassis or did you drill the stock one?

CTDave

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I drilled the stock one than sanded the top flat so everything bolted nice and tight and flat to the frame also polished and buffed it out.Cheaper than the fancy one.

OneMoreSuicide

what does drilling the stock chas do?

mentorman

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To get back to your oringinal post, I did the rear exhaust deal, my ribbed pipe mounted no problen to the rear, and I removed the piggy backs like you did. thanks for the Idea, I like it better out the back. I had a Dubro deflector lying around and it is great.

OneMoreSuicide

yeah, I haven't had a chance to drive it yet since the mod.. I also increased the ride height and removed the engine and tranny for cleaning and to check my tranny for another problem im having. I imagine I will be able to drive it this coming weekend.

I imaging the truck would look cooler driving across the field at full throttle because you'd probably see more smoke this way

OneMoreSuicide

Check out the difference - the left is where the exhaust used to exit.. compared to the right where the exhaust did not exit... it gets nasty dirty...lol

OneMoreSuicide

whats crazy is the deflector, even after it got cut off still went to almost completely under the control arms

SFC K

This is my custom exhaust to keep things clean. It works really well and by the way, It's LOUD! I bought it off E-bay a few years ago.

CTDave

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Drilling out the chas. takes off some weight and putting on lighter wheels and rubber along with the foc and other little things here and there makes for more speed,and less wear and tear on the drive train.