New project. Nasty LX notch oct 12 almost there!

[exesivefire]

Awesome.

What kit did those mufflers come in?

[Devilsnake98]

Those borla mufflers come from the revell saleen speedster.

[pharr7226]

Very nice work on the exhaust. What is he diameter of the solder you used on the exhaust?

[freakshow12]

Just a hair under 3mm And yes the mufflers are from the saleen.

Looks big but 3 inch exhaust IS big. Lol. Tailpipes are giving me fits. Have to do them in 2 pieces each to get the look I'm after

[Devilsnake98]

The solder exhaust looks great, apparently doing tailpipes on a 1:25 scale fox is as hard as a 1:1. Years ago I had 3 or 4 muffler shops turn me down on them making tailpipes for my 1st car, 86 lx 5.0 notch, just from the mufflers back. Ended up just running turndowns cause I didn't know about the flowmaster mandrel bent tailpipes at the time. Keep it up though, nice work so far.

[slusher]

Nice work on the exhaust so far....

[freakshow12]

Tailpipes

. Little fine tuning and I'm set. They have a nice 03/4 cobra look from the back. Soon ready to blow it apart and get paint flying on this

[exesivefire]

Looks good

[slusher]

Great exhaust...

[Codi]

Very sanitary looking install / fab Fred. Looking forward to more.

Cheers,

Tim

[microwheel]

Nice job scratch building the exhaust Fred. Your project is really looking good.

[JTalmage]

What are you making the exhaust out of? Sorry if I missed that

[freakshow12]

Thanks guys. It's solder wire, just under 3mm. Joints are aluminum tubing. It's nice because it bends easily and drills easily to pin it together then some 5 min epoxy on the joins and it will all come out in one piece so I can paint

[am73grand]

Man this is so cool. I'll be borrowing your exhaust idea.

I LOVE those rear tires. Where did you source them?

[Unatural]

Great job on the build so far. What size would you say the slicks that come with the kit equivalent to?

I did the same thing, with the solder for the exhaust, on a Saleen Ranger that I built. It was perfect. How are you going to mount the exhaust to the rest of the model? I ended up using some wire and making hangers out of it, that I attached to the solder. I haven't had any issues with it since I put it together a few years ago.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Unatural

[freakshow12]

I would say the slicks in the kit are no wider than a 9 inch. They are skiiiiiny. I plan to make tailpipe hangars tonight and the mufflers are pinned from underneath

The rear tires are 325/50 15s from Ma's resin. I have some 275s too

Edited September 16, 2014 by freakshow12

[Unatural]

Oh wow, that's smaller than I thought it would be.

[freakshow12]

I will put up a pic comparing the kit slick vs the drag radials on it now

[Devilsnake98]

Nice work on the tailpipes, you nailed the lx look for sure, love the view from the side.

[freakshow12]

Oh wow, that's smaller than I thought it would be.

Here is kit vs resin DR

[Unatural]

That would be great if you were building an outlaw 8.5 car!

[freakshow12]

Maybe that could be next. An outlaw 8.5 car with a 2.3 with NO power adders lol

[mademan]

excellent work on the exhaust! looks great...... Im gonna have to step up my game for Draggins, lol Just found out Im on days off this year

[freakshow12]

Excellent. Can't wait. Guess I will have to build something in secret... Lol can't show all my cards Mike.How is the cuda coming? I finished one while you were away

[falcon65]

Looking good! Can't wait to it finished!

Is there a website to get those drag radial tires from?

Les