> Listers,
>
> There are several relacement exhaust system brands out there for the BJ8,
> including the name Bell.
>
> May I ask what you think is the best in quality, and the best exhaust note
> consistent with the original Healey system. I will probably go with mild
> steel as I do not have to battle the weather.
>
> Advice??
>
> Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail at yahoo.com
I bought a 6 branch stainless from Cape for my tricarb. Very nice, with one
BIG caveat....the rearmost lug(?) through which the bolt goes into the
head/engine was too thin...not as fat/thick/deep as the rest. Thus, when it
was (notionally)tightened up, it wasn't bearing sufficiently hard/flat onto
the gasket. Which eventually blew there and which fried the temperature
gauge braided cable thingie. However, it was an easy fix and I'm sure Cape
will have sorted it.
I made a full scale diagram of a pair of side exit pipes which I had made
locally & fastened to the rear of my box and hey presto. I've kept the rear
exit stainless pipes and reckon I could revert to them in about an hour. (45
minutes getting the car up high enough and 15 to swap them over!)
Just a thought....
Simon
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