sidepipes-how hot do they get?
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Melting Slicks
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sidepipes-how hot do they get?
enough for a bad scalding if you rub against it getting out of the car,or just a stinger?
figured this has been covered countless times but search button seems to have disappeared. thanks! Dave
figured this has been covered countless times but search button seems to have disappeared. thanks! Dave
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Originally Posted by Sacredgrooves
enough for a bad scalding if you rub against it getting out of the car,or just a stinger?
figured this has been covered countless times but search button seems to have disappeared. thanks! Dave
figured this has been covered countless times but search button seems to have disappeared. thanks! Dave
Depends on how fast your leg tells your brain that it is being burned!!!
For real, Ive done it where I felt it instantly and pulled away fast enough where it was only a minor scald....and Ive also done it the other much worse way, as explained above!
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Bad news hot. I rented a Superformance Cobra in Vegas and warned the valet to watch the sidepipes...came back out to get the car and he showed my wife and I the place on his leg where he used to have skin.
But they do sound damn good
But they do sound damn good
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i used to wrap my leftovers in foil the night before work, then at lunch time the next day ,,start mt old truck w. sidepipes and place the tinfoil package on the pipe next to the side where the pipes came out. it would get my leftover chicken hot in less than 5 minnutes,, 
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You know the exhaust gas temps are around 1200-1500 F some odd degrees, and by the time it gets to the collector, you need to have an O2 sensor heater built into the sensor, or you may well go open loop around town, that's around 600f or so....
well after a fair blast on a warmed up car, say 1/4 mile in traffic, not a drag strip, you have heated the exhaust up really well, to well over 600f, so you can guess from that what happens just a bit further down the pipe.....it's hot enough to burn most anything on.....case closed....
having said that.....I want a set of side pipes, guess I will have t make my own as aftermarket is silly expensive, and I will need to make myself a set of shields...no question about that....
GENE
well after a fair blast on a warmed up car, say 1/4 mile in traffic, not a drag strip, you have heated the exhaust up really well, to well over 600f, so you can guess from that what happens just a bit further down the pipe.....it's hot enough to burn most anything on.....case closed....
having said that.....I want a set of side pipes, guess I will have t make my own as aftermarket is silly expensive, and I will need to make myself a set of shields...no question about that....
GENE
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Back in the 80's when my Dads Vette had Hooker sidepipes I never got a burn. Probably because I am real careful and have long legs. I did see what can happen to your legs when one of my friends who was not as careful, did get a nasty burn. It happens very quickly and leaves a nasty painful burn mark. Lasts a real long time too.
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My father-in-law burned is whole hand on mine. He opened the door and planted his hand right on the unshielded pipe to help lever himself out of the car... I don't think he'll ever ride in it again. Maybe once I get my custom shields in place...
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thanks for the advice everyone. needless to say the kids wont be riding in the car unless i pick them out their seats lol
on electric cutouts-is that a setup with undercar exhaust/sidepipes that you can switch back and forth on?
on electric cutouts-is that a setup with undercar exhaust/sidepipes that you can switch back and forth on?
