[Wazza]

On the long list of "Things I wanted on the new Cobra" has always been Live Side Pipes.

I have since driven a number of Cobras with live pipes, and spoken to a couple of the very best exhaust experts I could find.

I've now decided to go with an under car system.

I basically listed the pros and cons to make a decision.

Pros..

They are in keeping with the original design of a Cobra, so they should be on the new car.



Cons...

I'm not really making an exact copy of the "original" Cobra, so I shouldn't put live pipes on the car just to make it seem like an original Cobra...if you know what I mean

They burn you.

They burn other people.

The sound can be almost deafening when you're "Giving it a boot full"..which happens quite a bit!!
And I'll be driving 20,000 Plus kilometres a year in the car...i.e. a lot of time to not enjoy that buzz in my ears.

They're illegal in Queensland,
and I get enough attention from the boys in blue without asking for more....making it a real risk of spending a pile of cash , only to have the car sidelined until I spend another pile to make it legal

[U]According to the experts I've spoken to.[/u]......A good under car "X" pipe, or "crossover" system will produce "up to 40 hp more" than a set of Side pipes, on a fairly high h.p. engine.

Although I like the strong sound of a set of live side pipes, I like the sound of the under car balanced system more ...a good under car system sounds more like a V8 supercar ....to me anyway!!


Once I gave it all some thought....I realized which way I'd be going.


Suits me anyway...and I guess that's how we all should make our cars.... i.e. the way we like it, not the way everyone else thinks it should be.


Cheers