In a message dated 12/30/2009 7:59:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
grday@btinternet.com writes:
Please do not get me wrong, the sound of a well tuned exhaust note is
wonderful.... <snip> Are you saying yours isn't?
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Yes, I think that when I installed the whole system--the AL head, the
tubular manifold and the DW exhaust it sounded better than it does now. It
was
always "loud" but now there is just too much going on--an unpleasant hollow
raspiness and a LOT of "loud".
It is of course impossible for me to quantitatively compare what the "loud"
of 2002 is compared to the "loud" of 2009--perhaps some of it reflects a
change of taste on my part, but bottom-line it is my car and I want it to be
the way I want it to be. BTW in 2002 I did not have a hardtop whereas
now I do--the hardtop definitely cuts down on noise in general and increases
comfort--perhaps another reflection on some personal change--but the "loud"
is an unpleasant "blatting" that prevents my enjoying music at revs unless
I play it all the way up, and then when I come down to lower speeds I must
turn down the audio.
I'm not looking for perfection, just a more pleasant tone. The exhaust
tone of my wife's BN7--very stock and also with a hardtop--is that classic
Healey sweet tone. I don't think people have historically admired the Healey
exhaust note because it was loud but rather because it was sweet, if a bit
loud.
I'll keep looking--thanks all for the input.
Best--Michael Oritt
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