has anyone tried or saw a mini with side exhaust am thinking about custom side exhaust and looking for some advice.

 

 

would it be possible to have 2 exits one on each side as i have read about the person that only did the one side

 

of course . hope you do it it'll look boss.

 

Onasled did this with his race car--there is at least one thread about his build, and maybe more. It's not easy--he had to modify the floor pan to get clearance. You're in for a long, costly ride going this route.
But why not? Go for it!

 

Different - Unique - but not my style.

 

Oh, btw, if you read the thread on battery relocate and straight exhaust (one that I contributed substantially to), you'll figure out that a side exhaust is RACE ONLY. It must be unbelievable loud, given how loud a straight exhaust is on an R53.
You don't even have to believe me--the weight of evidence is unbearable.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t-exhaust.html

no floor plan mods needed for this set up.

 

damn, sick sounding!!!!!!!!!!!! love it!

 

Seen the car in person. damn its loud. PRetty cool I think. ... I'm going to get a front exhaust though once i get the money......

 

that is awesome i want to see this car

 

is there any room to incorporate some sort of silencer onto the pipe to make it less intrusive or is there no space at all with side exit?

 

save time and lots o money and refer to post #7

 

Side exhaust work on race cars where sound isn't an issue. Doesn't work very well on a street car. You do need some length in the exhaust system in order to manage sound levels. Sound waves are rather long. Packaging is also an issue as there isn't a lot of room for a proper muffler.

 

Even race cars have sound issues these days, and the Mini S is always in trouble, especially with side exhaust.
Here is an old vid that gives you an idea of it on a race car. Note that I was already warned I was too loud and that why we put the turndowns on it. Then we had to put a sheet of aluminum over it and that still was too loud.

I run twin pipes, each having the magnaflow straight muffler/resonator. ( at that time I was running this, different now)
VIDEO HERE

 

hey nice vids;
what top speeds at n.h. were you hittin? i'm from mass. and never seem to get up there to watch some real racing(not a nascar fan) .

 

wow your car is sick love the vids!

 

Here is a datalog printout with some discription written on it.

 

that car is screaming. literally lol

 

I believe the black S in the video belongs to AstroblackS. I don't think he comes on here much but you could try send him a message. I have seen his car and it is LOUD for sure. A nice setup but very loud for daily driving.

 

turn 3 is that real tight rt. hander? very choppy there. good main staight speed considering the short distance . not many slow drivers , i.e. traffic . not a busy day or is this the norm?

 

That was the qualifying run at that race day. Was a small turnout, maybe 14 cars.
That track is a mess, talk about choppy out of three. What you see there is wheel spin as that is the uphill right that was on that video link I posted above. So that's just me feathering the throttle to try and stop the wheel spin. This Mini is pretty light and lots of power so it does take a bit to drive.

 

hay onasled you new set up is it exit on either side or 2 on one side like old system?

 

No, still two side by side but now the both go into a larger sigle muffler and exits as one 3+".

 

the convoluted tubing in rear rt. window; that the stuff to the oil cooler? when you at nh again?