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"Wm. Severin Thompson" wrote:
> "The Bishop", a Stage V tuned Sprite by the Donald Healey Motor Co....see
> http:///www.thicko.com/bishop/htm
> has a dual exhaust that was one of the Special Tuning options. 1+4 go to one
> branch of the header, and 2+3 to the other.... then dual pipes out the back,
> with little mufflers on each pipe. Geoff Healey told me there wasn't a great
> horsepower gain with these (an LCB header is much better), but they sold a
> ton of them because of the way it sounded. It's a real interesting exhaust
> note with the mufflers removed in race trim.
>
> WST
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> To: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
> Cc: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Question: Exhaust.
>
> > David,
> > I think there is no advantage to that. Actually I believe it would sound
> > like two 2-cylinder, aka like crap.
> > It would probably hurt your torque just like a too big pipe diameter
> > would, unless you made the two pipes rediculously small.
> > There is a (Monza?) quad system for your car. It splits before the gas
> > tank I think and you end up with one dual Monza tip per side.
> > IMO, it looks ok on an italian car, totally out of place on a Midget (or
> > Bug or VW Bus)
> >
> > Ulix (one tiny little pipe)
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > A couple of us were talking the other day about exhaust--I am getting
> ready
> > > to replace the big ugly cross muffler on my '79 Midget with a short
> Glass
> > > pack in the place of the resonator. I was wondering--has anybody ever
> tried
> > > to put a dual exhaust system on one of these cars? Would there be any
> > > advantage to doing so on an engine this small? If one were to do this,
> which
> > > two cylinders would be grouped together? Any reply will be consumed and
> > > appreciated!!
> > >
> > > --David C.
> > >
> >
> > Ulix __/__,__ ___/__|__
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> > http://students.washington.edu/~ulix/ '67 Sprite '74 X1/9
> >
> >
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