Pilgrim Underslung Exhausts

[robinj66]

Has anyone got any pictures of a Pilgrim supplied underslung exhaust for a Granada rear/Cortina front based car. The reason I ask is not my fetish for steel tubing but the fact that when i tried to fit my system today I found that it did not clear the rear suspension member and the tailpipes end up just about dragging on the ground - they don't follow the contours of the underside of the car at the rear.

I know that there will be those of you who will say that all underslung systems are low but this one is ridiculous. I will try and speak to Pilgrim tomorrow as I think they've given me an exhaust for a Sierra based car. In the meantime thought i would try and tap the fountain of knowledge out there - God knows i could do with the drink!

[PrivateVoid]

This guy made himself some underslung exhaustpipes and they are just marvellous !

http://cobra-roadster.com/4images/de...p?image_id=384
http://cobra-roadster.com/4images/de...p?image_id=350
http://cobra-roadster.com/4images/de...p?image_id=351

Do you see how those pipes go up and back down, those fit perfectly in the wheelarches.
He also told me that indeed there was a problem with the suspension arms, and that's how he solved it.

I hope it somehow helps, but again it are not the Pilgrim ones...

Michael

[robinj66]

Thanks for that. Already been thinking about modifications to the pilgrim setup but I'll see what they have to say first.

[stu e]

I guess you mean a MK2 Sumo with either a V6 or a V8. If this is the case if you look in the construction manual section 3.9 figure 9b. It shows the exhausts from the back of the car going underneath the suspension arms. If you lay the pipes on the floor the pipe to box is straight it then comes out of the boxand goes towards the centre of the car, then under the back axle and then outwards and then straight underneath the boot floor.
They are very low on my car but i only have problems with the small button type speed bumps.
Regards Stu

[stu e]

Forgot to say that there is a mount on the subframe that takes a mini bobbin with a weled lug on the exhaust.

[robinj66]

Have now spoken to Pilgrim who assure me that there is only one underslung exhaust system. My chassis is indeed a Mk 2. The problem i have encountered is that with the system properly joined together the first silencer box clouts the suspension frame. After that the system nicely misses the lower wishbones (as it is designed to do) but it then exits the rear of the car so low that it is miles from the rear - ie, it does not rise up following the contour of the boot floor.

Just seems a bit of a shame that a little bit more thought hasn't gone into it and that to putit right will involve all sorts of unnecessary shenanigans and the best part of the cost of a bespoke system.

Rant over.