A1 muffler low to ground, (attach a stainless skid plate or something)

had my car lowered some as per the consensus here and now i have to be REAL aware of road gradation differences.
i have 3 1/4" to bottom corner of muffler. speed bumps require almost a full stop on top and intersecting roads and especially driveways are a challenge.
can a thin piece of stainless sheet be attached(glued?) to muffler to keep it from scraping. can the muffler be raised somehow?

Post a pic of the muffler relative to worst case scenario. Somebody will come up with a suggestion.
Add: put a couple people in car when you take picture

I tried that on the Supertrapp system I was running once. See pics. Held the stainless on with long pop rivets and held it out from the muffler with a bunch of washers. It helped deflect some of the scrapes. I was thinking of trying to raise the motor up within the chassis a bit, maybe use spacers on the motor mount. In the end I went with another exhaust.

Because my Supertrapp exited on the driver's side I always tried to enter a driveway turning left and when backing out too. This way the exhaust is on the high side and not on the low side scraping the road.

Bob - the sidewalk-to-street section of my drive's very steep. Solved it by cutting across my front lawn, exiting neighbor's driveway; A1's unscratched. But I know what you mean.

You can always find Dennis' house - it's the one with two brown tracks across the front yard. Feel free you use the neighbor's driveway when visiting.

Bob, there was a recent pic posted of a real clean install. The muffler was tucked all the way up between the valve covers and the tires. Its was a recent JPS or Vintage build. I just cant remember who it was. I don't have room so mine hangs low too. Sounds like Chinese food huh "hunglo" or maybe a porno "A-1 Hung Low" You get used to it.

Bob,
My muffler guy here in Grass Valley reworked my system, as well as Dale Bates' system. He removed the Magnaflow and put Flowmaster Hushpower muffler tucked up under the rear apron.
Sounds great and no clearance issues.

Bob - I have an A-1 Sidewinder system. Mine is with a MagnaFlow muffler positioned in the wheel well between valve cover and the tire (passenger side). It has a single exhaust tip (with chrome tip added since these pictures were taken). No issues with clearance.

Hope this helps...

Jim,
Nice setup - looks like what I want - Where to get and can you adjust the valves ( get the valve cover off )?
Thanks,
Dale

note to all: hit the "forum" tab above, then go to "search" and type in search words "A-1 Sidewinder"; you'll see previous discussions on this subject.

THE REASON SOME OF THE EXHAUST'S SIT DIFFERENT ON THE VINTAGE CAR'S
THE YEAR OF THE PAN.SOME OF THE BODIES HAVE TO BE MOUNTED DIFFERENTLY SO SOME OF THE CAR'S THE EXHAUST SIT'S A LITTLE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN OTHER'S.

Dale, my BRUTHA!

I hope you're enjoying your TD. WRT valves and A-1 exhaust, I have to unbolt the MagnFlow muffler on the passenger side to get to the valve cover, easy peasy!

Barnco....
When I added my oval shaped tip, I cut the pipe way back and turned it (the tip) up to get it as high as possible for clearance. The top of my tip is about 1/4" below the body. The tip's bottom is a good 5 1/2" from the ground. I used sheet metal screws at 1st while I experimented. Later when I got it right, I had it welded up.

Bob,

Carey is currently building a Beck Speedster for me with an A1. I'm having the car built as a '58 with the exhaust tips routed through the bottom of the rear bumper risers (only year the car had this feature). The build has started and I may have some pictures as early as this upcoming week.

I thought that this was a cleaner look and improved ground clearance.

Here's a link to a real '58 to show what I'm talking about.

http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/34346/index.html?no_cache=1

When I get a picture of my car with the A1, I will post it.

Tom

Here's my A-1 tip.... As you can see I tweaked up it to avoid ground clearance issues.
Then.... talking to Barnco on the phone... he tells me that he is draggin' the rear corner of the muffler.
Well, no shit! So do I occasionally!
Kids, ya gotta remember that Bob is a (back-words) mountain goat that ain't got NO flat land where he lives'
I just had to tell him to "learn how to drive that thing!".
Hopefully, he will see the error of his ways!

the air is so thin up here sometimes i just dont give a damn:)

Just for the heck of it, here is a pic of a bumoer exhaust set-up I saw at the 356 Concourse in Dana Point, SoCal.

Jim, the concourse car has the tips that I'm having put on my Beck, only with an A1 routing up to them. Carey has already told me that I also will be removing the muffler to get to the right valve cover and is installing a flange to that easier.

Tom - the bumper exhaust set-up on your car will be a very cool detail! I may be wrong (what are the odds?), but it may be the first (bumper exhaust) on this site.

Peace - Out!