<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Simon--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">If you're not already deaf in that ear you soon will be.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Enjoy--Michael Oritt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Simon Lachlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">With reference to the noise factor, I don’t notice it. Maybe it’s a reasonably effective silencer. First of its kind? Maybe I’m as deaf in my left ear as I am in my right.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">One difference – and all to the good – we have a lot of roads down here with stone walls on either side. Kind of like a “Dry stone wall” but with earth behind them. Anyhow, I’ve got a couple of favourites where, revs up, the back echo makes the car sound like a low flying Spitfire.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I suppose it helps having the driver’s seat on the opposite side from the exhaust, just as nature intended!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Michael [mailto:<a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.salter@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2015 15:51<br><b>To:</b> Simon Lachlan; 'Healey List'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Healeys] FW: Side exhaust idea<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Funny story about side exit exhausts.<br>Back when I was a starving student I installed a side exit system on my early LHD BJ8 both because I couldn't afford the full system and being a Phase 1 the back was so low that the cross resonators frequently dragged on the ground.<br>The system was very noisy (which at the time I thought was great) but resulted in terrible headaches for the driver...me!!!<br>When I sold that car to buy my 100S I thought that although the"S" had similar side exit pipes because it was RHD that would be the passengers problem 😊.<br>WRONG. <br>Michael S<br>BN1 #174<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank">Simon Lachlan</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span><b>Sent: </b>24/11/2015 2:39 a.m.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">'Healey List'</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] FW: Side exhaust idea<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I sent this last night, but it didn’t make it. I’ve cut the pictures’ size down. Again:-</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“</span>When I decided to explore the idea of a side exhaust for my 3000 MkII BT7 I was appalled at the cost and mostly by the fact that one had to buy, at least, a whole new silencer which came with side exit pipes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It occurred to me that a better solution would be to swap the pair of long pipes that came out of the box and went to the rear for a pair that simply came out of the box and curved off to the side. ie to keep the box, downpipes etcetc and only swap the last bit of pipework. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yes, I know that none of this is much use to BJ8 owners. At least, I presume as much. Depends how vital the second, rear, box is.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anyhow, I mentioned this before and a few people asked for more info....pics and dimensions. I’d lost the precise blueprint that I drew up for the stainless exhaust man and didn’t have any useful pics. Well, the system is on the workshop floor now and I’ve taken a few pics and got the tape measure out. Hard to be precise with curves, but you’ll get the idea.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s been on for about 5 years and seems to be doing OK. Done +/- 7,000 miles I’d guess.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">See attached. (Being able to send attachments is such a great improvement. Being able to receive them is even better!)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, sorry to bother all of you....but I did say that I’d get back with the details. I just didn’t say that it might take a year or two!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal">Simon<span style="color:#1f497d">”</span><u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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