[DeTomaso] Cutting chrome tips

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Performance-wise, the angle of the tips is less inportant than the closeness 
of those tips to the tail light lenses, especially on cars with upswept 
exhaust tips. Too close and/or too short and, due to the well-known swirl effect at 
the rear, you could melt the plastic lenses if you drive fast. This happened 
to a Pantera driven in one of the Silver State events where you're at full 
throttle for many minutes at a time. And unless your carb is jetted way-rich so 
black crud collects there, the cuts will rust since there will be no chrome at 
the cuts, and chrome paint will not long survive the heat. I'd think a while 
before I cut the tip lengths because they looked too long. If you must, shorten 
the pipes by cutting a section out of the exhaust pipes leading into the 
mufflers and re-welding, or try bending the tips down a bit with a long bar while 
feeling for the metal beginning to crack or tear. Or sell the wrong-looking 
pipes. My 2¢- J DeRyke


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