[Healeys] Muffler for Healey 100

I Erbs eyera3 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 10:42:16 MST 2010


Glad I don't live in your neighborhood! <Sets off car alarms 100 fee away>
what an jerk!
sorry, but that is unfair to all your neighbors and any home you pass along
the way.

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:11 PM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
rrengineer at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> You definitely would not like my Harley Davidson with the aftermarket
> exhaust then Guy.  It sets off car alarms at 100 feet when I really get on
> it, but I wear ear plugs.  The ear plugs are more for the wind noise
> instead
> of the noise behind me.
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2
> 60 AN5
> 02 Heritage Springer
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Guy R Day <grday at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > Here in the UK a loud vehicle exhaust sound in the street is generally
> seen
> > as a bad sign.  It conjures up images of forever being stopped by the
> > Police, of potentially dangerous youth involvement (ie drugs, muggings,
> > thefts etc), of being a flash boy racer or fast uncontrolled driving.  It
> is
> > always a source of amusement to read posts where having a loud exhaust
> note
> > is a requisite.  Seeing some of the exhaust tail pipes that are larger
> than
> > the engine cylinder bore is also an amusing sight provided by 'yoof' who
> > cruise around in rather loud Jap cars.  Bling rules in the street parade!
> > Please do not get me wrong, the sound of a well tuned exhaust note is
> > wonderful and despite living across town and 4 miles away from what was
> my
> > nearest car tuning centre I could still hear when they had a 'good' motor
> on
> > the rolling road.  This was normally a single seat racecar on the third
> set
> > of rollers (Harry's set)that read up to 600bhp and if doing nothing else
> I'd
> > pop down there to see what it was.
> >
> > A loud exhaust note does not equate to the best power output and my
> > recommendation would be to thoroughly research exhaust tuning, especially
> > tuned length savaging systems for LBCs.
> >
> > Guy R Day
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I Erbs
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