Phoenix Rear Exit Exhaust Mk5

[RobMsport]

Regardless of the heat on the actual semi wrapped pipe , there'll be a lot of transferred heat into the alloy sheeting ie. passenger's back and left arm . It'll need a shaped alloy corner cover , fitted with a gap from the pipe but touching all edges then heat reflecter over the total passenger back/side

[ozePhoenix]

Think I'll first add lightness & test it passenger-less first. Should be back together next weekend

[ozePhoenix]

Successful test today!....3 hr drive in 32 deg ambient temp. The passenger's seat had no real noticeable increase in temperature. Heat from the sun was worse. Overall very happy with the latest exhaust configuration
However, as was pointed out earlier, the LH chassis and alloy panels do get hot from the transfered heat from the exhaust sleeve. Probably can be overcome with heat insulation on the upper-most round tube next to passenger's elbow. Bring on some cooler weather
I've also installed 2 vents on the top of the rear body-shell to assist with cooling as the exhaust is directly below the LH one.

[adithorp]

...3 hr drive in 32 deg ambient temp ...Bring on some cooler weather ...

Looking good... but with comments like that, you're not going to endear yourself to many on here... We're all suffering from trench foot! It won't be long befroe JP has to swap over to designing boats... or ARKs.

[jeffw]

looking good, do you have inertia belts on it?

[ozePhoenix]

Looking good... but with comments like that, you're not going to endear yourself to many on here... We're all suffering from trench foot! It won't be long befroe JP has to swap over to designing boats... or ARKs.

Yeah...sorry 'bout that. You've got rain & floods & we've got heat and fire There must be a happy compromise somewhere in-between you would think.

Jeff, yes it does have inertia belts. I have the reelers mounted down on the sub-frames that the seats attach to. They fit nicely between the seats/exhaust sleeve/rear bulkhead

[jeffw]

do you have normal belts as well?

[ozePhoenix]

I'm presuming you mean harness type belts? It seems to be a bit of grey area here with Mr Plod (competition harness & road use) so decided on the inertia belts for 'normal' use. I have a 4 pt Willans harness that clips in for sprints etc.