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Re: Chrome exhaust tip

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Subject: Re: Chrome exhaust tip
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:40:43 -0800
I don't see how an exhaust tip would have any effect on the sound (except 
conceivably a downturned one could make it quieter). That said, my B 
sports a subtle chrome tip about 1.75 inch diameter with the end cut off 
at a jaunty 45 degree angle. This cost a couple bucks at Kragen. Slips 
over the stock pipe and secures with a set screw.

You seem to be thinking of a resonator. Not much room for that behind the 
stock muffler (about 2-3 inches of space, as I recall). My Barracuda has 
massive resonator tips with rectangular outlets (from J.C. Whitney), and 
it makes a wicked, sub-audible rumble; but these guys are about 6 inches 
in diameter and maybe 15 inches long, and there's no way one would fit 
under a B. Other varieties are available, but they are all longer than 
would fit behind the stock muffler placement.

Bill Holt had this to say:

>I have a very nice '73 MGB and I would like to get a chrome exhaust tip for 
>it.  Why?  To dress it up and give it a LITTLE growl or rumble, but not too 
>much.  Anybody have any suggestions?  Do AutoZone or PepBoys carry anything 
>that will fit an MG?  Or do I have to go through a catalog?
>
>Bill Holt
>Black Tulip '73 B
>Ft. Mitchell, KY
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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