The balls don't fit into the exhaust but instead just block the tips of
the exhaust. You probably won't be able to stall the engine as the
system builds up pressure. If the system is tight, the pressure should
push you off of the tips before it stalls..
Jay
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:58:08 -0500 Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
writes:
> Wouldn't that imply you had an enormous leak? I mean if the car can
> run with
> the exhausts plugged with tennis balls, then something is seriously
> wrong.
> That sort of leak should be very visible.
>
> Mark Hooper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jay_welch@juno.com [mailto:jay_welch@juno.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:36 AM
> To: trsix74@comcast.net
> Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Exhaust
>
>
> Hello Robert,
>
> With some assistance you can check for leaks by blocking the exhaust
> at
> the tailpipes. Ask someone to block both pipes with tennis balls
> while
> the car is running and you are listening at the joints.
>
> Good luck,
> Jay Welch, Abington MA
> 1971 TR6 project
> 1973 TR6 driver
> Member "Cape Cod British Car Club" @
> http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
>
>
> >I installed a sports Falcon muffler system on my TR6 this winter. I
> am
> experiencing a lot of fumes inside the cockpit. I have tightened the
> manifold to the head. I have tightened the flange of the first stage
> of
> pipes to the manifold. The areas where the pipes interlock have been
> crimped and the u-bolts are tightened. I cannot figure this one out.
> Any
> ideas? Its especially bad when the top is up.
> Robert L. Gannon
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