[Healeys] Unidentified exhaust pipe

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Mon Sep 21 14:51:27 MDT 2020


Does your clutch pedal hit the pipe at full extension?

On 9/21/2020 1:47 PM, Curtis Arndt wrote:
> Thanks Bob,
>
> That's what I suspected.  Mine is original NOS.
>
> Curt
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 13:05 Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net 
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Are those both BN1/2 pipes? The one on the left looks to have a
>     sharper bend below the flange.
>
>
>     On 9/21/2020 12:50 PM, Curtis Arndt wrote:
>>     Here is a side by side comparison of the two downpipes, what does
>>     everyone think?
>>
>>
>>         On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:43 AM Bob Spidell
>>         <bspidell at comcast.net <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>>             Looks more like a BJX pipe to me. The 100s' downpipe
>>             should run pretty much straight down from the manifold,
>>             else the clutch lever can hit the pipe when pressed to
>>             the floorboard (the one on my BN2 does; most annoying).
>>             Most/all aftermarket pipes cause this, and I'm told at
>>             least some of the OEM pipes did as well.
>>
>>             On 9/21/2020 8:59 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
>>>             Looks like an aftermarket BN1/2 front pipe.
>>>             From memory the flange should have 7/16" holes on a 1.5"
>>>             PCD.
>>>
>>>             M
>>>
>>>             On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:15 AM Max Byers via Healeys
>>>             <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>>>             wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Hello, Healeyphiles –
>>>
>>>                 Can anyone identify the exhaust pipe in the attached
>>>                 photos?  It has two “Made in England” labels on it
>>>                 and the numbers SU-529 and 02.106.1 but I am unable
>>>                 to find a reference to those numbers.  The pipe may
>>>                 be for some model of Healey (not BJ8) or not.  It’s
>>>                 painted and apparently unused, but it has surface
>>>                 rust where the paint has flaked off.   The pipe is
>>>                 intended to go INSIDE the muffler stub pipe.
>>>
>>>                 Thanks!
>>>
>>>                 Steve Byers
>>>
>>>                 HBJ8L/36666
>>>
>>>                 BJ8 Registry
>>>
>>>                 AHCA Delegate at Large
>>>
>>>                 Havelock, NC USA
>>>
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