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TC exhaust

Post by Fille » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:13 pm

Took the TC home today, it was by far the best 50 kms I've driven this year! :D :D :D I collected the TC from the lock-up because it needs a new exhaust. So I drove those 50 kms with an exhaust pipe that ended just in front of the back axle. It was noisy, but that noise was great!
The power and sheer grunt of this car also amazes me. Can't believe it's almost 40 years old!

Anyway, the exhaust that now has broken in the bend over the back axle has one silencer, behind the back axle. As I've undertood it, the TC should have only one silencer and it should be right at the back. However, on the NOS TC exhaust I found in Sweden, there's a silencer right in front of the back axle. Now, I guess if I fit BOTH silencers there will be no more nice noise. Could the new exhaust be from a later model?
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Re: TC exhaust

Post by JubileeNut » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:06 pm

I far as I know a TC should have an oval box in front of the back axle and a tube one behind the axle!
Mine still makes a nice sound :?
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Re: TC exhaust

Post by locost_bryan » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:18 am

My former neighbour's twin-carb HL sounded exactly like an MGB. What mufflers did they have?
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Re: TC exhaust

Post by norway_triumph » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:57 am

JubileeNut wrote:I far as I know a TC should have an oval box in front of the back axle and a tube one behind the axle!
Mine still makes a nice sound :?
Think thats right, When replacing mine some years ago i used the downpipe from the old TC exhaust & welded it on a normally 1.8 system. IE i think the only difference between the TC and the rest is the double downpipe.

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Re: TC exhaust

Post by JIM73 » Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:26 pm

They should have two boxes ! TC's would sound a bit too noisy without them :D
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Re: TC exhaust

Post by Fille » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:04 am

Yeah, well, now it has two boxes and it sounds... lame. At least in comparison to how it sounded with no boxes! :mrgreen:
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Re: TC exhaust

Post by Chicken Hawk » Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:25 pm

I changed the centre box on my t.c to a strait though box instead of the off centerd piped box. The box i used was the same size but where the gases could travel quicker and easier it helped the the exhaust note and the performance. Hope this helps :shock: I would try and get some pictures on here but my car has been tucked away in the back of a barn for 3 years :(

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Re: TC exhaust

Post by JIM73 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:02 pm

About time we got the old gal out Adz ;)
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