[Healeys] Exhaust and Spring Question

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Aug 3 19:06:47 MDT 2010


Rick -

I ordered a set of BJ8 springs from Moss about 10 years ago.  They were
perfect, and have not lost any arch.  If I recall, this is one of the things
Moss has sorted out fairly well.

Alan

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Rick Swain <rjswain at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't been happy with the fit of the stainless tail pipes on my BN4.
> They're apparently made by Bell which means they should fit. The build
> quality
> is great but I've been messing with the pipes since the spring and nobody
> can
> get them right. I'm thinking of going to side exit pipes and could get a
> shop
> to fabricate a set for me but I'm wondering if anyone supplies them. I'm
> not
> looking for big bore pipes to mate with a big bore muffler but rather the
> smallish standard size pipes to mate with a standard muffler. Stainless
> preferred but not necessary. I haven't been able to find a local muffler
> shop
> that can bend Healey-size tailpipes.
> Second question. Can anyone recommend a supplier of rear springs that will
> last without losing their arch? I have about 20,000 miles on my springs and
> the top of the rear wheel arches are 26" from the ground, about 1" to 1
> 1/2"
> lower than I've read that pre BJ8s should be. Fronts sit at 27 1/2". I
> could
> get the springs re-arched if I can find what they should be but the same
> thing
> would probably happen again. I should get more than 20,000 miles out of a
> set
> of rear springs shouldn't I?
> Thanks
> Rick'59 BN4
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