Exhaust Layout for V8

[rheckz]

Does anyone know of a thread that shows pictures of exhaust layouts from members

I have had duels for 10 years and have decided to go to single to reduce noise.

Looking for ideas 

[Miles]

See my layout here

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[Michael]

If the objective is to reduce noise without introducing undue restrictions, a dual-exhaust (with proper crossover) is the better solution, provided that there's enough room to accommodate mufflers of sufficient capacity.  The venerable David Vizzard has an excellent discussion on the topic, in his "how to build horsepower" books.

 

One pitfall that's affected many of us, is that mufflers from the muscle-car-oriented aftermarket exhaust purveyors tend to be loud.  One gathers that this is more for style than outright performance.   Google-search reveals some options.  One example is http://myshinycar.com/quietest-mufflers-market-v8-3inch-mufflers/ .  This is more of a puff-piece than an objective article, but even so, its various links are worthy of consideration.

 

There is on this site a plethora of threads journalizing member's cars' exhaust layout, but to my knowledge there has not been any systematic acoustic test.