[Healeys] Stainless exhaust again

Tue Jun 14 12:32:52 MDT 2022

For those of you who fondly reminisce over those ANSA tips with resonators,
feast your eyes.  When I built my Nasty Boy, I really wanted it to look
more or less like a stock Healey, which ruled out a single pipe coming out
of each side at the rear.  The solution was to bring the exhaust from the
right bank of the V8 under the rear shroud and join the left side to
replicate the dual pipes of the Healey.  Of course. the pipes are larger
than a stock Healey, so the solution was to make it look like it had an
ANSA exhaust.  I found some NOS ANSA tips here:
https://maseraticompound.com/collections/ansa-exhaust-tips-and-parts  I
think the illusion works well, but it all goes to hell when I fire up the
motor.  And no, it doesn't sound like a Ferrari, but it does sound a lot
like the Mustang Steve McQueen drove in Bullitt.  We all have our
fantasies.  [image: IMG_1626.jpg][image: IMG_1625.jpg]

Rick Neville

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 11:51 AM llennep--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I too bought a BJ8 49 years ago and it came with Ansa.  The innards were
> blown out after not too many years so it became essentially a straight
> exhaust.  Finally replaced the pipes from mufflers on back and badly
> deteriorated resonator.  But kept the Ansa tips (with decal) and had them
> added to the new pipes.  It goes now from muffler straight back on left
> side.  Sounds a bit different but I like it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> To: rfbegani at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2022 11:06 am
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Stainless exhaust again
>
> I think the Ansa/Ferrari sound is attributable somewhat to the chrome
> tips, which are essentially little glasspack mufflers.
>
>
> On 6/14/2022 4:55 AM, rfbegani at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 40 plus years ago when I bought my 67 Healey, I purchased a stainless
> steel exhaust package from Moss and never had a problem with the system.
> They must have had a good supplier then.  However, it spent a lot of time
> in the garage as I traveled around the world selling Stuff.  When we bought
> our retirement home in Florida in 2009 the Healey was trucked there,  has
> lived in our garage and spent lots of miles on the road until the engine
> was pulled and rebuilt 3 summers ago.  At that time, I looked carefully at
> the exhaust system and found no cracks or rust.  By the way, I did not like
> to see the ss pipes and mufflers under the car, so I painted them heat
> resistant black years ago.  After a power wash, I repainted them again with
> heat resistant black paint before reinstalling.
>
> The only repair was the hangers in some cases had separated from the
> rubber, so I drilled a hole in both the hanger and the rubber and installed
> SS screws in all of them to hold them together a trick I learned from this
> forum several years ago.
>
> Yes, the flex pipes and the connections were leaking exhaust for the first
> 1,000 miles and slowly quieted down as I used exhaust pipe compound when
> assembling the system. Otherwise, they are fine.  Unfortunately, the
> exhaust sound is not that of a Ferrari. I believe there is nothing in the
> muffler or the resonator which gives the car a nice rap when shifting
> gears.  Maybe my exhaust system will last another 10 or 20 years in
> Florida.  Oh yes, while I do go to the 7/11 from time to time, fill up the
> tank, I turn on to the Tamiami Trail where in a few miles I can be up to 65
> MPH and the engine is hot all the time for a 40-mile round trip in the
> county.  Keeps the old girl happy and me also.
>
> The old girl is up on the rack with high pressure in the tires and
> sleeping in the Florida garage for the summer presently while I am enjoying
> cooler temperatures and sailing in Lake Michigan.
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Bob Begani
>
>
>
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