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1. Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:48:25 -0700 (PDT); Welcome to the list. I've got the same problem with Bugsy my '68 Sprite. Glasspack muffler sticks out, way out, and fumes roll back into my face. Have tried driving with window vents reversed to blow; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00716.html (7,891 bytes)
2. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:21:58 -0400; I took and put a 90 degree bend piece of pipe on the end of the muffler then marked it and cut it just into the bend so the exhaust would be shooting down instead of straight out. It took care of get; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00719.html (8,764 bytes)
3. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:02:11 -0700; I'm running an Abarth muffler with dual chrome tips that stick out further than that, but am not experiencing this phenomenon. Must be the superior aerodynamics of the Bugeye ;^) Mike MacLean-60 Spri; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00721.html (8,746 bytes)
4. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:13:59 -0500; Hey, maybe what he really needs is one of those super-duper turbulator things in his tailpipe. (see "up your performance") Jim K. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net o; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00726.html (7,554 bytes)
5. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:55:37 -0700; Yeah, and I don't think it has anything to do with how long your pipe is (or isn't). I think it's the state of tune. Too rich mixture or bad valves causing incomplete combustion. You notice it becaus; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00736.html (8,675 bytes)
6. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:28:23 -0400; I think this is the right track. The "tail-pipe" on my oil-burner is the outlet of the muffler that actually stops just barely past the inside edge of the rear pan. One of the largest influences on m; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00743.html (9,311 bytes)
7. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:40:33 -0400; Using my OF memory, I seem to remember, back in the days of my 'B' in '78, reading something in my owner's manual about driving with the side windows up to avoid this. Does anyone have a '76, or newe; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00745.html (7,745 bytes)
8. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:55:20 -0400; I don't have the owners manual, but having the side windows up does lower the air turbulence in the cockpit. It helps create a pocket that the air coming up the backside has to go over, rather than t; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00746.html (8,261 bytes)
9. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:59:51 -0400; FWIW, we experience this gassing with our '69 Sprite with Ansa-type twin pipes that exit just beyond the bumper by 4 to 5 inches or so. Our '70 MGB does not seem to have the problem at all, and that; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00749.html (9,253 bytes)
10. RE: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:22:47 -0500 ocal>; Hi Spridgeteers, I have a Stebro twin outlet muffler on my Mk 2 Sprite. It terminates about 1 inch beyond the bumper overider. I've never had a problem with exhaust fumes...EVER...and I've been using; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00750.html (9,610 bytes)
11. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:32:51 -0500; Hell, that is another argument for always leaving the top down!!! Ask me how I know!!!! LOL /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00756.html (8,232 bytes)
12. Re: Getting gassed (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:04:43 -0700; Not to get too far off track, during WWII pilots had to be warned to close the little side window on the cockpit of the P-38 Lightning or the plane would roll over on take off! Mike MacLean-60 Sprite; /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg00767.html (8,956 bytes)

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