<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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.<br>
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From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>
To: rfbegani@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2022 11:06 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Stainless exhaust again<br>
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I think the Ansa/Ferrari sound is attributable somewhat to the
chrome tips, which are essentially little glasspack mufflers.<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Best
regards to all, </span></div>
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<div class="yiv6542438087MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Bob
Begani</span></div>
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