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RE: MGB Side Exhaust

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Subject: RE: MGB Side Exhaust
From: "Michael Singleton" <Mike@sportscarslimited.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:31:49 -0800
Precisely

Mike

Michael Singleton
Sportscars Ltd.
10170-M Croydon Way
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 366-0330
Mike@sportscarslimited.net



Michael Singleton wrote:

>As a point of interest, a while back whilst still working for Lawrie
>Alexander at British Sportscar Service, we had a customer bring in an MGB
>with dual side exiting exhausts. He had run the end two cylinders out one
>side and the siamese'd center ports out the other side. The pipes exited in
>front of the rear wheels. Starting up this car in the shop caused Lawrie,
>who was sitting in the office attending to other matters, out into the shop
>in a mad rush, shouting for us, "To shut the bloody car off immediately, as
>any bloody fool could hear that it was only running on two cylinders and
>about to do something very bad."  We weren't aware of how very bad it
>sounded, as we could hear all 4 cyls firing, although it was definately a
>very weird sound, something like 2 lawn mowers, one on each side of the
car.
>We recommended that the owner replace his exhaust system with something
more
>conventional.
>
>


That is odd. Did he run the center pipe to one side and the other two to
the other?

Andrew




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