Hot Rods Side exit exhaust 37-40 ford

any of you guys running side exit with stock frame? Want to run the exhaust before rear wheel in the running board. I know it's not traditional. Looking to eliminate the exhaust going over the rear. Car is bagged and would like those extra inches. Car in question is a 38 deluxe

 

Lots of fat fords run under the boards as a side effect of fender well headers. I'm sure you should be fine

 

Seen one at a show with the mufflers under the boards. Was concerned about squashing the muffler when all the way down. Considering sleeving the frame and running a pipe through and out


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On a 42-8 I know the body sits high enough on top of the frame that you'd have to run a pretty fat pipe or muffler to hang below.

I guess you could tape a yard stick to the bottom of the frame and measure up to the running board to see what room you have on your earlier ford

 

Yeah I guess you could run inside the frame and sleeve a hole for the exhaust out the side. Don't see any problem with that as long as you don't make some gaint hole. See it done here and there.

Maybe all my half helpful -at best- answers will bump this to the top so someone with first hand knowledge can answer

 

My '39 Standard Tudor used to run Thrush steel packs with turn outs in front of the rear wheels, but stock height rear suspension, so that won't help you. Running it through the X-frame is easy enough, as there are already holes for that purpose. But I'm thinking you may want to cut into the frame rails to get the clearance you are after. probably could weld a piece of tubing through the frame & box the inside, to keep the strength. Running boards would be easy to cut through.

 

Tim beat me to it!

 

And it keeps the ice off the running boards during the winter months

 

1pickup that's what I was thinking


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It isn't that hard. Check out the distance between your running board braces to get a good muffler length. Putting some self-adhesive heat barrier under the running boards helps, too. Gary

 

Gary you mufflers are under the running boards I am assuming?


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Yes. Gary

 

Am running mine under the body not the running board. Took a lot of bending but was able to accomplish it.

 

This is how I'm doing it on a 36

 

There is room for shorty headers, through the frame pipes, bullet glass packs, and pipes under the rear. Here it is with bags all the way down.