davew wrote:They all sound like tractors to me
Heh heh heh
Considering the side exit exhaust:
I like mine, and I was very pleased with it until I found myself sitting in traffic in Dunkeld last year. Remember in my case the car is on LPG so it's relatively clean - but it don't 'arf pen & ink!
Anyway - Dunkeld: Both the road and pavements are narrow and there are parked cars. So I found myself hard against the kerb with the exhaust pointing at a shop doorway about 4ft away and:
Firstly, a woman with a pram refused to push her child into the exhaust cloud (it was cold and steaming) - for which I can't blame her - the kid's head would have nicely caught the whole blast.
Secondly, the shop assistant ran over, gave me a black look and pointedly shut the door.
Thirdly, as I pulled away, I would imagine (I didn't try to look) that there would have been a big splash of manky-stinky water out of it as there often is when it's cold and condensing.
I felt horribly anti-social and was glad when the traffic allowed me to move again. Not good for the image of 4x4's.
So now it is my intention to try (in the Summer) to work out a way of exiting the exhaust on the right hand side away from pavements. Could be tricky, but worth considering and might be easier to arrange if you are building a complete system rather than trying to modify one like me...
Roger