So many boxes... so little time.

http://www.paddockspares.com/shop/pages/defender/info/90_v8_2.htm

Looking at the above image from paddocks exhausts, the 101 only has the
centre type box fitted and no second box.

Now the 101 goes fine, and sounds, erm.... plesant but are there any reasons
not to go with a single box system on Percy? 3.5 V8 as he will be shortly
.... won't he Tom!!!

Given it's always the rear boxes which rot off first and I'm not looking for
"Is it running or isn't it?" sound levels.

I know these things should be balanced and finely tuned but it's not causing
any problems for Morph (101) or is it?


Lee D

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Lee_D composed the following;:

> I know these things should be balanced and finely tuned but it's not
> causing any problems for Morph (101) or is it?

Dunno ... but ...

I just replaced the rear exhaust box on my Disco, which I admit is a bit
different ..

The rear box had actually rotted through at the front of it and fallen
off, but with no rear box at all I didn't notice any change whatsoever in
exhaust note, so had left it till I got a tuit. However, what I did
notice was a distinct reluctance to tow heavy stuff. Normal car-loads
(four people and 'stuff') were OK, but as soon as we put the caravan on or
the bike trailer and a couple of Trials bikes it didn't really want to
know.

New rear box on and full power back again.

Incidentally, cheapest I found was about £46 + delivery .. Local Kwik Fit
did it fitted for £54.90, and they had to burn the remnants off, lift the
body up, and still had a few problems getting the new one in. I'm
seriously glad that for a tenner I didn't have to get under, without a
full ramp, and use the grinding wheel.

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(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:53:50 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

>http://www.paddockspares.com/shop/pages/defender/info/90_v8_2.htm
>
>Looking at the above image from paddocks exhausts, the 101 only has the
>centre type box fitted and no second box.
>
>Now the 101 goes fine, and sounds, erm.... plesant but are there any reasons
>not to go with a single box system on Percy? 3.5 V8 as he will be shortly
>... won't he Tom!!!

I'm gonna try and wire my trailer socket up tonight! Feel free to come
round and keep the wheelbarrow (and mud) moving while i stop to do the
wiring ;-)

On or around Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:40:14 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>New rear box on and full power back again.

odd, seeing as the rear box which just fell off ours is a straight-through
absorbtion one, so can't realistically affect back-pressure.

piece of spare exhaust pipe rammed into the end of ours, by way of a
tailpipe.

I see the 300 type exhaust doesn't have a separate rear end, buggrem, so you
have to have half the pipe an' all to get the bit you want.

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"You praise the firm restraint with which they write -_
I'm with you there, of course: They use the snaffle and the bit
alright, but where's the bloody horse? - Roy Campbell (1902-1957)

"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I'm gonna try and wire my trailer socket up tonight! Feel free to come
> round and keep the wheelbarrow (and mud) moving while i stop to do the
> wiring ;-)

Sorry , gotta blow some candles out on a cake tonight

Lee D

Austin Shackles composed the following;:
> On or around Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:40:14 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> New rear box on and full power back again.
>
> odd, seeing as the rear box which just fell off ours is a straight-through
> absorbtion one, so can't realistically affect back-pressure.

swotithort, but it _did_ make a difference ... and very noticeable too.

> piece of spare exhaust pipe rammed into the end of ours, by way of a
> tailpipe.

That was a consideration, if I couldn't have got one by Saturday morning.

> I see the 300 type exhaust doesn't have a separate rear end, buggrem, so
> you have to have half the pipe an' all to get the bit you want.

Yup, which, as it snakes about the axle and sus is 'a right bugger' to fit.

Removal's easy though, with a torch ..

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Paul ...
www.4x4prejudice.org
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So Austin Shackles was, like

> On or around Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:40:14 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> New rear box on and full power back again.
>
> odd, seeing as the rear box which just fell off ours is a
> straight-through absorbtion one, so can't realistically affect
> back-pressure.

Possibly related to length rather than back pressure.

>
> piece of spare exhaust pipe rammed into the end of ours, by way of a
> tailpipe.

See above.

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Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:12:46 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>> I'm gonna try and wire my trailer socket up tonight! Feel free to come
>> round and keep the wheelbarrow (and mud) moving while i stop to do the
>> wiring ;-)
>
>Sorry , gotta blow some candles out on a cake tonight

You should have said! Hope there wernt too many of them!

Now thta you have that lift i expect to hear it running by next week!