[Heidelberg]

Hi Hogster,

Being in WA, I wanted to have live sidepipes but I also wanted to get as much protection as I could against the nasty burns you can get from live sidepipes...

My solution was to get a ceramic coated 3 inch exhaust system fabricated from the headers back including a couple of small cats located just before the 3 inch pipe exits the engine bay. Having the cats located just before the exhaust pipe exists the engine bay gave us plenty of length in the actual sidepipe to fit a long hotdog "muffler" that reduced the decibles "enough" and gave the exhaust a nice note.

I then had a 4 inch (also ceramic coated) outer shell fabricated that totally surrounds the 3 inch exhaust pipe starting at the point the exhaust exit's the engine bay...This outershell is actually a heatsheild, but looks exactly the same as a 4' inch sidepipe. I also have heat insulation material in between the 3 inch exhaust pipe and the 4 inch exhaust sheild.

I'm very happy with the results...the pipes look like 4 inch sidepipes and whilst they still get hot, they don't get hot enough to really burn you!

The only downside with this design in my opinion is that you do not get the "4 into one look" at the start of the sidepipes....

Regards....Paul