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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></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:michael.salter@gmail.com] <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<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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">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">'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"'><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See attached. (Being able to send attachments is such a great improvement. Being able to receive them is even better!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon<span style='color:#1F497D'>”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>