[Healeys] BJ8 exhaust questions ...

[T W]

My BJ8's PO installed a custom system with glass packs under the driver's
seat and straight pipes exiting on the driver's side.   It's a bit noiser
than the pre-BJ8 setups, and it does give me better ground clearance.    I
used to scrape the tips coming out of the driveway, but the driveway has
ground the tips so that rarely happens now.

My set up has a couple of problems.   The pipes go straight back from the
glass packs.  The pipes don't make that dog-leg around the plate where the
axle meets the springs, and I get some banging under there.  Also, the PO
didn't quite get manifold to pipe joint exactly flush, causing some leaking
there.

So, I'm think I'd like put a BJ7 system in mine, too.   I prefer the BJ7/BT7
sound to the BJ8 sound, and I'd rather not have the cross muffler in the
back.  I, too, am very interested if any BJ8 owners have installed the BJ7
system.

- Tom


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Robert Blair <rnbmail at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi BJ8'ers
>
> We all know that the rear cross boxes on the BJ8 catches the ground exiting
> gas stations, especially when the rear end is lowered as mine is.
>
> Three questions are:
>
> 1.  If the rear cross boxes are removed and replaced with straight pipes
> emerging on the drivers side, is there a big increase in exhaust noise?
> Anyone running in this configuration?  Too noisy?
>
> 2.  Are the front boxes and hangers of the BJ7 the same as the BJ8?  ie can
> the BJ8 system be replaced with the BJ7 thus eliminating the rear cross
> boxes?
>
> 3.  Who makes decent BJ8 steel branch manifold other than the expensive
> racing
> folks??
>
> Robert N. Blair  65 Yellow BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
>
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