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Funny shaped exhausts tips.
What do you think? :wonder:
Exhaust tips used to be round or oval. Now we have bizarre triangles and stuff.:cuckoo: Reminds me of those games for toddlers where you put the right shape in the right hole. Why a triangle? Does it have some special properties? Couldn't afford another side for a square? I know a Civic is a budget car but c'mon! :lol1: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1XknPAfZhc...ic+5D+rear.jpg http://www.localinfo.in/images/auto-...oster-back.jpg |
Purely style over function. Car designers are perpetually 'forced' by the buying public's expectation for fresh car design.
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The Honda Civic is one of the worst styled cars on sale at the moment. The over futuristic styling grew old and tiresome quickly.
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Does anyone know how the BMW mini exhaust tip was styled?
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Originally Posted by joz8968
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Purely style over function. Car designers are perpetually 'forced' by the buying public's expectation for fresh car design.
The damn things leave black rings on my jeans whenever I reach into the boot of my Golf :mad: |
Originally Posted by Jamz3k
(Post 10043242)
The Honda Civic is one of the worst styled cars on sale at the moment. The over futuristic styling grew old and tiresome quickly.
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As said it's purely fashion over function.
You have to admit it does look kinda funky but it's just not practical. Also centre exit exhausts should only be used on rear/mid engined cars imo. |
Originally Posted by Jamz3k
(Post 10043242)
The Honda Civic is one of the worst styled cars on sale at the moment. The over futuristic styling grew old and tiresome quickly.
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043357)
As said it's purely fashion over function.
You have to admit it does look kinda funky but it's just not practical. Also centre exit exhausts should only be used on rear/mid engined cars imo. Even more silly are split exhausts on an engine with a single exhaust manifold! i.e a transverse 4 line again....lol the Civic.:) |
Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043357)
As said it's purely fashion over function.
You have to admit it does look kinda funky but it's just not practical. Also centre exit exhausts should only be used on rear/mid engined cars imo. |
Well if you want to collect the exhaust from a Vee/flat engine then it makes sense to locate it centrally.
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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
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What do you think? :wonder:
Exhaust tips used to be round or oval. Now we have bizarre triangles and stuff.:cuckoo: Reminds me of those games for toddlers where you put the right shape in the right hole. Why a triangle? Does it have some special properties? Couldn't afford another side for a square? I know a Civic is a budget car but c'mon! :lol1: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1XknPAfZhc...ic+5D+rear.jpg http://www.localinfo.in/images/auto-...oster-back.jpg Les |
Anybody who bought one of those civics and a diesel is a idiot.
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Those Saxo's made me laugh. the pipes probably weigh more than the car. :lol1:
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043484)
Well if you want to collect the exhaust from a Vee/flat engine then it makes sense to locate it centrally.
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I always have a smile at the 'twin' pipe exhausts where one of them is purely cosmetic (just a separate pipe welded onto the single exhaust pipe)
Or the straight out pipes when the actual exhaust is pointing down... so you can't tell it's a diesel.... |
i like my car, where you can't see an exhaust unless you are lying on the ground at the back of the car - very neat :)
it does irritate me when you see these fancy 4" exhaust tips and can clearly see the 1.5" exhaust pipe behind it :cuckoo: ...and this is on production cars too! |
What about Porsche, they love a poncy exhaust...
http://www.porsche911pic.com/porsche...-911-turbo.jpg http://www.aia.tartu.ee/~indrek/euro...11turbo996.jpg http://www.toptechartpics.info/wp-co...97-white-4.jpg then there is Range Rover.... http://www.landrover.com/imagery/glo...tr-850x425.jpg http://static.cargurus.com/images/si...pic-16124.jpeg |
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Originally Posted by scottydog137
(Post 10043247)
Does anyone know how the BMW mini exhaust tip was styled?
The Mini's beer-can exhaust One of the teams of designers working on the 2002 MINI was sitting around having a much-deserved beer after a 24-hour period of creating a full-size model out of clay, when chief designer Frank Stephenson spotted a flaw. "We don't have an exhaust pipe," he announced. The model was to compete against those from 14 other teams the next day and every detail would count. Then a quick solution popped into Stephenson's head: He picked up an empty beer can, cut it in half, stripped off the paint, polished the metal, and glued it to the back of the car. It took just a few minutes. The team won the competition. That's why there's a hint of a beer can at the end of the production model's exhaust pipe. |
Another reason for a central exhaust is to allow for a proper diffuser. but how many production cars have a diffuser? :lol1:
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
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Another reason for a central exhaust is to allow for a proper diffuser. but how many production cars have a diffuser? :lol1:
Les |
My brother has a Civic Type R GT and the exhaust tips are not triangular, however the space they sit behind and push gasses through is triangular shaped.
It's actually quite a nice car to drive, although you can't see feck all out of the rear windows! |
Originally Posted by scottydog137
(Post 10043247)
Does anyone know how the BMW mini exhaust tip was styled?
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The Civic pipes aren`t triangular though. That`s just the exit `hole`. The actual tailpipes are round :thumb:
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the audi one is pretty neat. I could see that in the middle of a TT bumper.
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043484)
Well if you want to collect the exhaust from a Vee/flat engine then it makes sense to locate it centrally.
Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043698)
Another reason for a central exhaust is to allow for a proper diffuser. but how many production cars have a diffuser? :lol1:
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Originally Posted by Leslie
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How fast do you have to go to get any benefit though?
Les
Originally Posted by Trout
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You have lost me there. A rear mounted flat engine has exhaust ports on both sides - so why have extra piping to bring the exhaust tips to the centre?
I can think of at least two fabulous, albeit limited, production cars with genuine diffusers that do not have centre exhaust tips. |
Originally Posted by CREWJ
(Post 10043484)
Well if you want to collect the exhaust from a Vee/flat engine then it makes sense to locate it centrally.
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