[DeTomaso] “Correct” muffler tip position

[Larry Finch]

Richard,

Thank you for reminding me that mufflers don’t exist in just a 2-D world but indeed in a 3-D world.

I have the same exhaust as you have and I just checked and found the muffler seams are an 11° upward tilt but the tips are only an 8° upward tilt. 

I will definitely have the option to slightly alter the tilt angles but without your post I probably would have failed to get the existing tilt values for the baseline reference. 

Larry 

Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo. 

> On Jul 6, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Richard Greenblum <richard at richardgreenblum.com> wrote:
> 
> Larry,
> 
> It's all a matter of personal preference.  I have a '74 GTS with the GTS Ansa exhaust system.  My tips come out from and parallel to the muffler cans which means from the side, they go up at an angle greater than parallel to the ground, but less than the small bumper car upswept tips.  This is as the designer intended and I think it looks good on large bumper cars.  With that said, I think the upswept tips on small bumper cars looks much better.  If I changed to small bumpers, I would definitely go upswept.  I personally am not a fan of the tips being parallel to the ground, especially on cars with small bumpers which don't hide the radical departure from the angle of the lower valance.  I think tips parallel to the ground become much too pronounced, especially with smaller bumpers.
> 
> Again, just my taste,
> 
> Richard
> Austin, TX
>