Hi Michael,
The Silver Bullet (BJ8) has a tail pipe & muffler system fabricated by a
local muffler guy incorporating two mufflers that seem to me to be identical
to the 1950's "Cherry Bombs" or glass packs. The sound is very close to
what I remember from my original BJ8's in the '60's. No blatting or
back-fires on deceleration. We kept both pipes on the left side all the way
to the end. Pretty good ground clearance and lots of ++ comments from other
old Healey guys.
GaryB
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From: <awgertoo@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:42 PM
To: <grday@btinternet.com>; <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Muffler for Healey 100
> In a message dated 12/30/2009 7:59:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> grday@btinternet.com writes:
>
> Please do not get me wrong, the sound of a well tuned exhaust note is
> wonderful.... <snip> Are you saying yours isn't?
>
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> ---------
>
>
> Yes, I think that when I installed the whole system--the AL head, the
> tubular manifold and the DW exhaust it sounded better than it does now.
> It was
> always "loud" but now there is just too much going on--an unpleasant
> hollow
> raspiness and a LOT of "loud".
>
> It is of course impossible for me to quantitatively compare what the
> "loud"
> of 2002 is compared to the "loud" of 2009--perhaps some of it reflects a
> change of taste on my part, but bottom-line it is my car and I want it to
> be
> the way I want it to be. BTW in 2002 I did not have a hardtop whereas
> now I do--the hardtop definitely cuts down on noise in general and
> increases
> comfort--perhaps another reflection on some personal change--but the
> "loud"
> is an unpleasant "blatting" that prevents my enjoying music at revs
> unless
> I play it all the way up, and then when I come down to lower speeds I
> must
> turn down the audio.
>
> I'm not looking for perfection, just a more pleasant tone. The exhaust
> tone of my wife's BN7--very stock and also with a hardtop--is that
> classic
> Healey sweet tone. I don't think people have historically admired the
> Healey
> exhaust note because it was loud but rather because it was sweet, if a
> bit
> loud.
>
> I'll keep looking--thanks all for the input.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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