<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Good point, Charlie. I'd also want to help direct exhaust fumes </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">away from the car... especially at idle.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">I remember, some years ago, having this discussion for my TR6, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">too.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM chahles via NET <<a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">When I did the new exhaust system on my TR3 I put about a 6" stubby on that turned down about 90 degrees at the end, keeping the paint clean for 6 yrs now.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Charlie Costa</div><div dir="auto"></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_548226715674107548composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:rgb(87,87,87)" dir="auto">Sent from my Metro By T-Mobile 4G LTE Android Device</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bruce Penttinnen via NET <<a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org" target="_blank">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>> </div><div>Date: 9/9/20 19:40 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: <a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org" target="_blank">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>, <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> </div><div>Subject: Re: [NET] Exhaust tip </div><div><br></div></div>
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<div><font size="4">A good 2 inches beyond the body will keep the dirt from collecting on the car and keep the fumes away from you. Next time you are out in traffic and you see some of the cars with a very dirty rear valance, look and see where the tail pipe ends, probably too close to the car.</font></div>
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From: David Friedlander via NET <<a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org" target="_blank">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>><br>
To: TR3 Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>>; New England Triumphs <<a href="mailto:net@newenglandtriumphs.org" target="_blank">net@newenglandtriumphs.org</a>><br>
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<div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">I recently i stalled a new [stock] exhaust system on my TR3 and it </div>
<div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">sounds fine but I note the rear tailpipe/exhaust tip only reached a </div>
<div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">point flush with the back of the body. Is there some rule-of-thumb </div>
<div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">for how much extension a rear tailpipe should have?</div>
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<div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Thanks,</div>
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