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Hi all,
just had a drive around Cambridge looking for exhaust olives (moral is if your exhaust is getting a bit noisy, do tighten it up before the bolts and then the olive drop out!)
In the end I found Jag V12 ones from Unipart. I have got 2 types, the BLG1 ones (traditionally Jag the manifold to downpipe) which are about the same dimensions as the TVR cast iron ones, and the much deeper BLG10 ones (downpipe to next section). I'll try the BLG1's first as they are most like the originals.
just had a drive around Cambridge looking for exhaust olives (moral is if your exhaust is getting a bit noisy, do tighten it up before the bolts and then the olive drop out!)
In the end I found Jag V12 ones from Unipart. I have got 2 types, the BLG1 ones (traditionally Jag the manifold to downpipe) which are about the same dimensions as the TVR cast iron ones, and the much deeper BLG10 ones (downpipe to next section). I'll try the BLG1's first as they are most like the originals.
Well I'm not convinced of the longevity of the Arvin BLG1AE (Arvin Part Number 110041) although it must be said that the exhaust was dsturbed at the last service. I've just fitted another one on the LSH as the last one was chewed up and spat out by the exhaust. Let's see how long it lasts this time.
Incdentally Arvin Replacement Products Limited are based in Blackpool - how's that for a coincidence?
Incdentally Arvin Replacement Products Limited are based in Blackpool - how's that for a coincidence?
Stranger than fiction...
Anyhoo I have just had another of the BLG1's spat out, so it seems these are useless. A friend with a Jag tells me that the exhaust pipe passes through the centre of these on the Jag application, which presumably protects the fibre bit from the gases.
So I have now fitted the BLG10's. These need longer bolts for the clamps but do go on. They give the exhaust a kind of fruity sound - they are so bit it's a bit like having a couple of cherry bombs in-line ;^)
Anyhoo I have just had another of the BLG1's spat out, so it seems these are useless. A friend with a Jag tells me that the exhaust pipe passes through the centre of these on the Jag application, which presumably protects the fibre bit from the gases.
So I have now fitted the BLG10's. These need longer bolts for the clamps but do go on. They give the exhaust a kind of fruity sound - they are so bit it's a bit like having a couple of cherry bombs in-line ;^)
Edited by adam quantrill on Monday 26th October 16:31
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