I?ve been using a pair of Smithy?s round can mufflers on my Morgan Plus 8
(engine size now 1/2 liter larger than the original Rover 3.5 liter V8) since
2006 and like the sound. They?re impressively loud when I floor it but at
cruise speed I hear mostly wind noise, not a blatting exhaust so it?s quite
tolerable for long trips (and my ears are offended by exhaust drone on long
runs). This may have a lot to do with the light load imposed on the engine and
I?m not sure how a 4-cylinder engine doing the same amount of work would sound.
Duncan
(Texas)
> On Apr 28, 2018, at 12:21 AM, Jack Brooks via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> From my research last year, the Smitty's were very much like the Brockmas
> Mellowtones I bought last year. As I mentioned in my previous earlier today
> they sounds great and are still available.
>
> Jack
>
> From: Dennis DeLap via Fot
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 exhaust...revisited...
> To: Bill Dentinger, fot at autox.team.net
>
>
> Bill - your "smitty" muffler story made my day. I have a Smitty on my Mini,
> my TR4, and I had one on my P1800. I love those mufflers - and you can still
> get them. The stamping in the muffler is actually 'Smithy'. They aren't
> really that loud - just sound good.
> Thanks Bill
> Sent: ?4/?27/?2018 8:03 PM
> Subject: [Fot] TR3 exhaust...revisited...
>
> Amici...
>
> This is a Long Story for the FOT, but directed mostly at old farts who were
> actually around in the mid-20th century. These are people who might actually
> understand how the 'Smitty Flow Through' glasspac attempted to provide proof
> to the local police that your car actually had a muffler back in the day.
> "See, officer. There it is. That's my muffler." Newbees, who can't relate,
> might want to hit their Delete Key now.
>
> Back in 1957, when I was a senior in High School, my paternal Grandmother
> (God Rest Her Soul), who was also my God-mother, had given me $350 as a
> graduation present. $350 was the most money that I knew existed back then.
> I did not know that my Grandmother had $350, much less that she might
> consider giving it to me. And it was a good five months before I was
> scheduled to graduate. Talk about opportunity based on an Act of Faith.
> Anyway, I took the money and I bought a very,very used, but very nice looking
> 1951 Ford convertible. It was powder blue, and had an extended rear deck
> and continental tire kit. I shaved the front deck, added eye lids to the
> headlights, and blue dot lenses (illegal) to the tail lights. I added fender
> skirts and I replaced the rag top's rear window (several times). I also
> lowered the rear end about two inches (to a point where that extended rear
> deck would drag on driveway ramps). Out on the West Coast they were lowering
> the front ends. Here in the Midwest...we were lowering the rear ends. But
> that car looked GOOD! It looked like a Classic Lead Sled. It was fantastic,
> and in my pre-Triumph, Bebopper days, duck-tailed Hollywood haircut...the
> whole nine yards. This is the car I used to court Shirley Jean. Her long
> pony tail used to flop in the breeze as we tooled down the street with the
> top down.
>
> That's all the Good News about that car. There is some Bad News too. This
> car had a Ford six cylinder engine and Fordamatic. It was so slow, that
> Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile before it did. And it only broke
> the four minute mile once, going down a steep hill. But that wimpy drive
> train probably saved me millions in exposure to speeding tickets, etc.
> Another issue was the fact that the car used more oil than gasoline. Talk
> about 'blow-by', the engine was shot...and made pretty blue smoke. How did I
> deal with that wimpy drive train on such a great looking car? Well, I always
> was more into Presentation than Performance, and what I did was add 'fake
> headers' to mimic a duel exhaust system. They looked great coming out of
> that extended rear deck. I also installed a 'Smitty Glass Pack', and BINGO!
> The car sounded like a screamer. I'd hold the car in low gear, working the
> transmission against the engine cruising down even a slight incline...and
> that car sounded like it was capable of 200-210 mph. I had lots of offers
> for a drag race, but always was careful to say, "No thank you...I need to
> save these rear tires...".
>
> Sad to say, I do not even have a picture of that car. I do not know what
> happened to it. When I graduated from High School in 1957, young men still
> had an eight year military obligation, which I decided to address. I joined
> the Navy two months after graduating. I was gone for four years (Plankowner,
> USS SPRINGFIELD CLG-7). Shirley Jean waited. The car didn't. I suspect my
> brother Ron ended up with it, and it probably died.
>
> Pity, but make a note that the 'Smitty Glass Pack' is a hero in this
> story...it helped make me and that car appear to be more than we
> deserved...and I still got Shirley Jean.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
>
>
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