Tim:
Do you have an oil leak that might be dripping on an exhaust pipe or
manifold causing the cloud in the front?
I would think that the pipes would look best if you could barely see them.
Perhaps brought to the rear corners and turned down with the tips barely
showing past the bumper.
Dave Knight
>From: Tim Klein <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: IML: Dual exhaust tailpipes for my '67?
>Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:18:34 -0600
>
>
>I'm looking for opinions (or better yet, photos!) of what
>you folks think the tailpipes of a dual-exhaust-converted '67
>should look like.
>
>Here's why I'm asking...
>
>When I bought it, my Imp had the stock, single exhaust.
>But some amateur mechanic had messed with it at some point
>and left a number of leaks, conveniently located so as to
>direct exhaust into the windows when rolled down. Eventually
>I took it to a local (non-chain) muffler shop, and allowed
>myself to be talked into having it converted to dual exhaust
>rather than simply having the leaks closed up.
>
>The good results:
>
>A number of postings in the IML archives suggested that
>Dynomax Super Turbo mufflers were appropriate ones for
>an Imperial, so that's what I went with, and I'm happy
>with that choice. And I'm glad I had the conversion done,
>since the car is noticeably more responsive now -- it used
>to roar and *then* go, but now it roars and goes at the
>same time. :-)
>
>The bad results:
>
>I was a babe in the woods when it came to specifying what
>the tailpipes should look like. Chrome tips? Pointing
>down or to the side? Heck, I didn't know. So, regrettably,
>I told the installer I'd let him use his judgment -- with
>the understanding that an Imperial is a luxury car, not a
>muscle car.
>
>Silly me. He decided it was a muscle car after all. So
>now I have two pipes sticking way out beyond the bumper,
>with downward-pointing chrome tips. I thought I'd get used
>to it, but I haven't. It'd be fine for a hot rod, but it
>just looks wrong on an Imperial.
>
>Hence my question: What do you think it *should* look like?
>I'm not too concerned with making it look stock, although
>I'd certainly consider doing that if I knew what a stock
>dual installation looked like (the '67 and '68 pages at
>www.imperialclub.com don't have any good tailpipe photos).
>
>To make matters worse, there still seems to be a significant
>leak. At least, *something* is causing a cloud of smelly
>exhaust to collect around the front of the car at stop signs
>and in the garage. So I think I'll be going to a different
>shop to have them expunge the sins of the first shop. Anybody
>know of a good one in North Dallas?
>
>Tim Klein
>'67 Crown 4DHT, haze green and smelly
>Plano, Texas
>
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>
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