DO put in a "balancing " pipe ( crossover ) or you will have un-even back
pressure on the exhaust valves.
john.kahoon@juno.com
71 Midget
On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:03:42 -0800 Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
writes:
>Richard D Arnold wrote:
>>
>> The other day I was talking with a buddy (who owns a muffler shop)
>about
>> the exhaust on Miss Maggie, the 74.5 RB MGB. He noted that the
>exhaust
>> manifold splits into two pipes, then joins into a single pipe
>immediately
>> before the first muffler.
>>
>> In short, he proposes replacing the two-into-one system by
>installing two
>> pipes, two center mufflers, and two end mufflers (1and 5/8" ID
>piping).
>> This would run along the same path as the original exhaust system,
>and
>> use either two pairs of 'glass packs or turbo mufflers.
>>
>> My only investment would be the cost of the mufflers, which he
>estimates
>> at $50, and I would have a new system from the exhaust flange back
>to the
>> rear tip of the exhaust pipes. Admittedly, he is not a LBC person,
>and
>> says that he doesn't think that this would make a huge difference in
>> power, breathing, etc (as near as I can tell, he just thinks it
>would be
>> a kinda cool thing to do -- and, I have to admit, it would add
>nicely to
>> the "gee whiz" factor).
>>
>> Any reasons why this shouldn't be done?
>>
>> Rich
>> Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
>>
>> '74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie"
>> '78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda" (LBC Support Vehicle)
>> '79 Midget "Miss Molly"
>>
>> richard.arnold@juno.com or rdarnold@neonramp.com
>Sounds good to me, see if you can talk him into putting a crossover,or
>h
>pipe, between the two front pipe. This would really make the car
>breathe
>better. You will also hear a big difference in exhaust note. Enjoy....
>
>Mark Snowdon Greensboro NC
>
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