Exhaust routing

[Per]

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In shoehorning the 318 small block into the 1956 541 I have a challenge in routing the exhaust. Going down the side via block huggers is a possibility, except that it precludes using the original steering setup. The Oil filter (even using a remote setup) gets in the way at the rear of the block. Going up like in the US racer (see picture) is not a very good idea for a normal road car IMHO. So how badly does it influence the running/performance if I run it as shown ib the sketch?

[Basil McKinley]

Hi Per,
Would routing similar to that shown in the attached photo suit your application?

Regards,
Basil

[Per]

Hi Basil
That routing would cause same issues with steering unless going down in front of the front crossmember. That in turn gives issues with ground clearance.

[Steve Payne]

How about going out through the inner wings like the MGB V8 did?

Similar to this maybe http://www.vord.net/cars/mgb_mods/exhau ... larch.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve

[Per]

Looks like I can move the steering box a bit forward, see my thread under 541. Then there will be room to run the downpipe between chassis rail, oil filter remote adapter and steering box. I will have to wrap it but no big deal.

[Per]

As i posted in 541 steering thread I will use the redundant RHD Mk1 Interceptor rack that I still have. That means the normal straight down exhaust will do fine. Problem solved