hey guys...im having someone make me a custom 3 inch exhaust and im wondering...where should i have the exit point at???....the stock location or a side rocket exhaust out the rear left fender well just before the tire??? if anyone has any opinions, i would like to hear them...and the flame suit is on for you special guys...thanx

 

Eh, personally I dont like the side exhaust except in a very few specific situations. I would go with stock exit point, but thats just my personal preference. No flames from me

 

Don't do side exhaust.

 

please evaluate the situation...like why not? looks bad?

 

side wud involve cuting and you will have a gaping hole where the stock one was and unless you do it on both side it will be gay. Love the side exhaust but just not on our cars jus my 2cents

 

Yeah, thats why I think so, I just dont think it looks right on this car. I dont like the side exhaust on the ford trucks either. But there is a guy in my apt complex that has side exhaust on his mustang that I think looks alright. It really just depends on the car. More often than not, I think is looks bad. and I think it would on this car

 

I dont know a ton on the exhaust but if the side exhaust is anything like the rear exit far as carbon deposits I would leave it out the back because you would probably have a mess on the side of the car instead of the back. Like I said I dont know much about the side exhaust set up

 

Well i was thinking of cutting holes in the rear bumper on the left and right side and having it exit there...on both sides of couse but i would still have that gaping hole in the rear fascia... but if i did that i could run down to my buddys body shop and he could probably fill in the space for me...

I'd probably melt the fascia though...with the heat from the exhaust...i dunno i guess ill have to use the stock location....i just wanted to try somethin new and make it look crazy...

 

Side Exhaust doesn't do our cars in terms of looks justice. It looks good on a Mustang or F-150 Lighting.

 

If it was done right, a dual side exit exhaust could be pulled off with this car. I contemplated it but then decided not to because of all the work and custom fabrication it would take. I was thinking of using a single inlet/dual outlet Flowmaster into pipes with resonators that came out before the rear wheels. But trying to either fabricate tips that would look decent or try and cut holes in the sideskirts just proved to make it a daunting task. Not too mention, getting the stock exhaust cut out in the rear bumper filled and re-painting the whole bumper is just way too much to just have an exhaust. You also have to think about size and length of the exhaust for your application. Changing the overall length of the exhaust is going to effect performance just as changing the size.

When it all comes down to it, it's your car and your idea. If you think you can do it, then God bless ya! Make sure you plan it thoroughly; though, because there's always that one thing you didn't think about. I really don't want to spend $1000+ doing something unique when I could have a custom exhaust from the engine to the stock location made for $800 that would perform just as well (on average) as the majority of what is available out there for our cars.

 

Well first off you have emissions issues. Second, the car next to you is going to hate you.
Third any side exhaust I have heard sounds raspy. Fourth you will probably get wiffs of exhaust a lot more while sitting in your car.
Last it just doesn't fit the Cobalt looks wise.
Just keep the exhaust in the stock location is my opinion. It's all about what you like.

 

stock exhaust with ATP VES


www.atpturbo.com

 

Okay, first of all, that application is engineered for Turbo cars.

Second, our cars make boost way too soon to use something like this.

Third, we need more backpressure than a turbo car does. The lack of back pressure allows turbos to spool up quicker. We don't have that issue hanging off of our exhaust manifold and backpressure is needed for optimum performance.

Just take that into consideration before buying something like that. I don't think that will help our cars. More likely, it will hurt performance and malfunction sooner or later from turning on and off so often...

 

Also, http://www.atpturbo.com/root/releases/release091004.htm, is a better link so people don't have to scroll through that web site trying to find what you were referring to.

 

yea thats not a bad idea. but im getting the 3 inch exhaust made for my car specifically...and hes doing the exhaust for only $175... plus the cat i had to buy. so im getting a full 3 inch exhaust for around $300 and its all mandrel bent tubing...and its gonna be welded so i don't have to worry about leaks from clamps and other **** like that. then i have to buy a glass pack thats 3 inches so theres about another $20 to $40... cus i don't want to have a garage bitchin at me about emissions so full 3 inch including cat and muffler for about $340...its not to bad and i know the quality is good. so rear exit sounds good to me...and yea i was thinkin about that dual side exit idea...all i have to do is put a glass pack on then put a Y pipe behind that then out the rear fender wells and i can put a hangar on each of the pinch welds and then on the exhaust....but the carbon deposits is another problem i could run into but i don't there would be a problem because it would be coming out before the tires...but thanks for your opinions, its appreciated

 

unless you actually plan on doing the mods in your signature, 3" is way to big... you shouldn't go over 2.5... if you ARE going to do the mods in your sig, then that's different...

 

i think it all depends on your boost levels your not gonna wanna run 3 inch exhaust with a stage 2 kit header and downpipe but you might want to run it with a 2.8 or 2.7

 

bring it out the back but do the angled muffler like a lot of Evos have, now that looks sexy and different, Pointing to the side and upwards.

 

yea im gonna be doing the mods in my sig...but its over the course of like another year and a half...i don't have the money to do it right now...besides im only 17 and i know a lil bit tooooooooo much about cars for my age...anyone hear of the University of Northwestern Ohio??? first actual university for tuner gearheads.... i got accepted already so im going into the High Performance division of that, and you learn everything there is to know about building, and squeezing the most ponies out of any engine there is...its 3 and a half years long...3 day weekends every week...and class is from 1 to 6...and i have the next 18 hours to do whatever i want...

 

Thats not a bad idea at all...that actually would look pretty sexy and badass at the same time...thanks for the idea...i might just actually do that...

 

STACKER PIPES straight out the hood

 

lol zoomies....i was thinkin about that too but then decided it might be an issue with the emissions dept. in PA...