[Healeys] Muffler for Healey 100

[awgertoo at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/30/2009 7:59:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
grday at 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