[Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust System Results >>> Nice.

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

Robert:  Sorry I am a little delinquent in responding to this.

When I bought my BJ8, the PO had removed the cross 'boxes'.  The Healey 
sound was there but one unintended consequence resulted.  There was a very 
annoying backfire on deceleration especially when going downhill in a lower 
gear.  Finally had to put the resonators back on.  The backfire went away.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Blair" <rnbmail at yahoo.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:11 AM
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust System Results >>> Nice.


> My BJ8 exhaust system finally had too many patches, and so it was time for 
> a
> new system. It was a Burgess, and may have been original.
> As my car is lowered at the rear to avoid the excess whell well gap, I 
> often
> bottomed the rear cross boxes on shopping mall bumps....
>
> Questions therefore were:
> 1.  Stainless or Mild?
> 2.  Rear cross boxes or not?
> Decision was stainless [got a great deal on Bell], and NO rear cross 
> boxes.
> Tail pipes now emerge on drivers side like earlier cars, but retained the 
> BJ8
> signature curl up.
>
> Result is exellent - very nice healthy Healey burble, but not at all 
> noisy.
> And better ground clearance.  Except for you serious concours folks, I 
> would
> recommend omitting the cross boxes at replacement time. Looks good, sounds
> good, and cheaper.
>
> Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  RNBmail at yahoo.com
>
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