Another TCP G Bar exhaust picture

BarnStang

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Here is a link to the whole album. Too much trouble to make another seperate album. Booze Brothers Racing in PA did the exhaust work. I was concerned about routing under the rear housing, but it looks like it turned out really nice. THere is clearance with the car on the lift, and about a good inch or more on the ground between the pipes the the rear.

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Looking great man. Inspirational... But for God's sake, please clean up your under carriage, it's a filthy mess. Damn man, you could eat off of it it's so clean...

 

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I just turned green with envy... wow.

 

BarnStang

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Don't be too envious, this is a customers car and you would not believe what the bill is. Finally done. We charged the A/C today. My goal here is to show that the exhaust can be done to a high degree of quality with a TCP G bar installed. I know there was a lot of concern about taking the exhaust under the rear axle awhile back. It's certainly been a lot of work. Thanks for all the kind comments.

 

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68EFIvert

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That looks very similar to how I had mine run. The only major difference that I did and something I would recommend is to put collectors at the back of the mufflers so that the tail pipes could be removed for rear end servicing. That car looks great! Nice work.

 

BarnStang

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Yep, we considered that, but this car has a 98.7 % chance of never coming apart. It will sit in storage and go to a few car shows. So we skipped the rear tailpipe connection...

 

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68EFIvert

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I hear ya. The only problem I seem to have is my car many time falls into that 1.3% range. If something is likely to go wrong it doesn't and if it doesn't seem likely then it will. Because of that I tend to plan for the worst and then hope for the best.

 

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Looks really nice.

 

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It's a nice car, but there's no subframe connectors? It won't drive much better than stock suspenison without them.

 

67topless

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fvike said:

It's a nice car, but there's no subframe connectors? It won't drive much better than stock suspenison without them.

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I understand there is a significant improvement from subframe connectors and that it will enhance all manner of handling; but to say that this setup is not going to be much better than stock can't be right.

I've bought subframe connectors (not installed) and have re-done my front and rear suspension (nothing like the TCP all a round job here) and it was a dramatic improvement.

Just my .02 cents

 

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I guess if it's mainly going to sit in storage and go to the occasional show, handling on the road isn't much of a concern. Beautiful car though!

 

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67topless said:

I understand there is a significant improvement from subframe connectors and that it will enhance all manner of handling; but to say that this setup is not going to be much better than stock can't be right.

I've bought subframe connectors (not installed) and have re-done my front and rear suspension (nothing like the TCP all a round job here) and it was a dramatic improvement.

Just my .02 cents

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I guess you're right. Bad wording on my part. What is more correct to say is that it won't bring out the full potential of the suspension. A stiffer chassis will let the suspension do it's thing, and not fight the chassis flex.
My statement was based on my experience with me installing TCP front coil-overs and Rack & Pinion during a winter, then driving the car a week or so before I got the subframe connectors welded on. Only then did I notice the huge difference on how the car preformed. However, my recollection of how the stock suspension preformed wasn't up to date, because when I took the car out from winter storage, it had been 6 months since I last drove the car.