Dave said:
>Here's another suggestion: turn up the radio. ;-)
Mark Replies:
Hmmm... Note to self, "Self, change musical habits. No more Debussy for you,
from now on it's AC/DC and Hell's Bells at 200 Watts!"
It doesn't sound like a whistle from the back, really like escaping exhaust
from the engine compartment. The back is really deep rumble or roar (I like
that), the high-pitched part is just annoying. I'll check out the wrapping
but I have visions of this stuff disintegrating and the inside of my engine
compartment becoming something out of Jacques Cousteau with gently waving
tendrils of wrapper fluttering in the breeze. That or "The Mummy Walks".
People staring in the compatrment and backing away crying out in horror,
"It's alive!"
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Massey [mailto:105671.471@compuserve.com]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:35 PM
To: Mark Hooper
Cc: Triumph List (E-mail)
Subject: Reducing exhaust sound
Message text written by Mark Hooper
>I love the sound of my Falson SS sport system, however the amplitude is a
>bit much. I would like to just tone them down a little for quieter highway
>driving.
This is the sweetest sounding exhaust I've heard. But it is a bit on the
loud side. However, it sounds about right if you fit a hard top. So,
there's a third option.
>Two options seem available:
>
>1 - inline pipe baffles from JCWhitney. (I cannot seem to find the part in
>their on-line list, but I remember seeing them before. Does anybody have a
>link?)
I don't know nuttin' about these.
>2 - Have muffler shop insert glasspacks before main mufflers.
There is precious little space for mufflers anywhere in front of the rear
axle. A friend of mine took his TR6 to a muffler shop to have this done
and they declined.
>I don't want to spend a fortune, but I don't want to reduce the
performance
>of the car enormously either.
Ear plugs are pretty cheap.
>Another point is that I have a header feeding the pipes. I seem to hear
some
>higher pitched exhaust noise (almost a pinking sound, but not that high)
It
>sounds like escaping exhaust, but I have checked and can find no leaks. I
am
>wondering if this is just noise through the walls of the header. Does the
>ceramic coating like Jet-Hot etc. quiet this sound, or is there some other
>approach I should take (not re-installing the iron manifold)?
One other thing about these exhaust systems: they whistle. The one on my
74 TR6 (traded for a TR3) whistled. The TR8 whistles. Remember the old VW
beetles? Remember how they whistled? Are you sure it is coming from the
headers?
If you are sure it is the headers try wrapping them with the header
insulator stuff (check J.C. Whitney).
Here's another suggestion: turn up the radio. ;-)
Cheers and enjoy the ride.
Dave
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