BruceTF135

minimax wrote:

How about a reed switch hidden in, say a mirror? A magnet stuck to a bit of the tinware can then be used as the spare key when required.

Neat idea. But would a reed switch handle 2.5amps without a relay?

Mine virtually never false alarms unless the level has dropped. I have to try hard to make that happen. Of course, if I was really caning it around a race track, that might not be the case

David Aiketgate wrote:

How have you found day to day running with this exhaust?
How is the gas distribution, have they resolved the issue of the left-hand pipe actually sucking, not blowing?

I've had my TT7 for a few years now. The original was rusting badly. It had holes in the box but didn't leak and passed the MOT.

Initially, it was really quite raucous burbling away at tick over and with quite a few pops on the overrun. It soon calmed down and is fairly quiet when driven conservatively around town. It gets quite boisterous when I give the car some beans and makes a glorious noise at 6,000+rpm. It has the standard catalytic converter. The only issue I have with it in terms of noise is that it drones quite badly at a steady 70 on the motorway, especially if the hood is up (not often!).

As for the gas flow, when the car is started, steam only comes out of the right-hand pipe but air movement can be easily felt at both pipes. As Perry says, once it's up and running, I have no idea. I've never noticed which pipe the MOT man puts his probe in when testing emissions. It's never been an issue at MOT time. If you look at the routing of the pipes in pics 4 and 7, it's not really surprising that the exhaust gas prefers the right-hand pipe at low pressure/revs. I've never considered it to be an issue.

I am still offering a discount to members of The-T-Bar for my successful low-coolant alarm kit.



It is easy to fit, with comprehensive fitting instructions, and requires no drilling into the expansion vessel. Contact me via private message.

Bruce.

I should probably have added that my local tyre fitters could not supply the Falkens and were very happy for me to supply for them to fit.

Try Demon Tweeks . I bought mine there recently. They were delivered quickly and fitted by my superb local tyre fitters the next day.

I've never tried it myself but someone once told me that an old spark plug will work...