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@yahoo.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@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@yahoo.com
>
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