[Healeys] 1960 BN7 exhaust

[John McElrath]

I drove a Healey off the ferry in Nova Scotia once and managed to break the
flex tubing and a few other things.  I found a lock muffler shop who removed
the flex tubing, weld in standard exhaust pipe with no flex and fixed the
other items.  I drove the car for about 10,000 miles before I decided to put
on a stainless steel exhaust.  I had no problems without the flex pipe -
never really know it wasn't there.  Maybe their is some technical reason it
is on the car, but other than lining things up, I am not sure what.

John

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM, <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:

> I have contemplated the (original style) flex pipe issue for a number of
> years, watched the pipe(s) move during engine loading, etc. I'm still of the
> opinion that the only reason that the flex pipe was included on the original
> cars was to facilitate getting the down (header) pipes to mate with the
> fixed muffler(silencer) location. I do do not think that the flex section
> provides any added flexibility in the down pipe thereby (theoretically)
> reducing wear and tear on the rest of the exhaust system mounts.
> Aloha
> Perry
>
>
>
> tld6008 at mchsi.com wrote:
> I am requesting info regarding rebuilding exhaust system. My car had spiral
> flex
> tubing between header pipe and front of muffler which was rock hard when I
> removed it. Is this same material being supplied on replacement parts or
> are
> they using the newer mesh covered flex hoses that stay flexible forever?
>
> Tim Davis BN7
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