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88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
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02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Cherrybombs
Posted by: 88v8
Date: February 17, 2014 02:41PM

Silly question perhaps... my 74 Landrover Lightweight has a transplanted Rover 215. Last week the back of the exhaust parted company over a speed hump. That included the one and only silencer.

As a temporary fix I put a piece of straight pipe in its place, crimped the end a bit to create some back-pressure and a little silencing, but even as someone who loves the V8 sound, I have to say it's pretty loud. Like a cross between a quick-firing cannon and a slow-firing machine gun.

Thinking of putting a 2.5" Cherrybomb in there, the standard old-school glasspack.
So, here's the silly question - does it actually provide any silencing?

Ivor


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: Moderator
Date: February 17, 2014 02:59PM

You might find the explanations in this article helpful: [www.britishv8.org]


Addicted
Mike Hagadorn
Warren PA
(132 posts)

Registered:
09/27/2013 03:46PM

Main British Car:
1976 TR7 Victory Edition Ford 302

Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: Addicted
Date: February 18, 2014 03:07PM

I was just thinking about this for my TR7. I'm not sure I can fit much more than a glass pack.
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rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: rficalora
Date: February 18, 2014 08:59PM

With just those it will still be pretty loud. If you decide they are too loud, you might check into Spintech's "Cruiser" series. They are only 2 1/4" thick so can be mounted under the car when bigger mufflers can't. You do give up the deep mellow sound of the more popular mufflers but if you need the clearance it's not too bad of a trade-off. I have them on my car and then added 10" glasspacks as resonators near the tips - with just the spintechs I was setting off alarms in the parking garage at work.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4512 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: February 18, 2014 09:32PM

Long live Cherry Bombs! ;)


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6469 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: February 19, 2014 07:31PM

Stick a coffee can on it. Add 50 more horsepower. If you already have a "B" cam it'd be worth 500 HP!

Jim


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Cherrybombs
Posted by: roverman
Date: February 20, 2014 11:37AM

True racing secret Jim. Caffine DOES wake-up the horsepower, but nothing stings, like a Bee cam ! Too B, or not to B ? roverman, stuck at A.



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