Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello everybody,
the exhaust pipe in my morris has been modified. I wanted to restore to original pipe and silencer mainly for look and the original morris sound.

I got two option.
1. Get a second hand one, clean and re-paint
2. Get A new stainless-steel.

Has anybody tried stainless steel here??
Please give me some feedback and advice.

Viks (morris series 5 1963)

In years gone by, one could get second hand mild steel exhausts from breakers yards, but these days I doubt that anything worth having will be for sale. They were not painted. I've used stainless for 40 years and have been generally happy. Despite "lifetime warranties" they do not last forever, but a lot longer than mild steel - two have outlasted the suppliers from whom I bought them.

" Shame really but the trouble is the small bore exhaust does strangle even a standard engine somewhat.
Best wishes,
Mike. "

Sorry Mike , but have to disagree,having a stainless system on my 2.0 Zetec there's no noticable strangling but still the " fart "...

John ;-)

Thanks for the infor..

Stainless sound almost similar okay got it.

I assume its heavier right??

Apparently now steel but aluminized. Anybody tried before??

Be very careful which one you order. Some are a very poor fit and do not seat on the manifold properly leading to constant blowing, and some catch the bodywork where the downpipe exits leading to excessive noise. For this reason I have my local 'old school' exhaust shop manufacture and fit new exhausts. Mild steel pipes have a life of around 7 years in normal service.

JOWETTJAVELIN wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:47 pm Be very careful which one you order. Some are a very poor fit and do not seat on the manifold properly leading to constant blowing, and some catch the bodywork where the downpipe exits leading to excessive noise. For this reason I have my local 'old school' exhaust shop manufacture and fit new exhausts. Mild steel pipes have a life of around 7 years in normal service.

True, all new exhaust pipe which is available in the market nowadays need some adjustment Before fitting. Its better to bring your original pipe and fabricate in your local exhaust shop... you are right

I bought a S/S exhaust system from the Morris Minor Centre in the mid '80s. Still in place and working well.

SriVik wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:50 am Apparently now steel but aluminized. Anybody tried before??

Yes, I fitted an aluminized three-piece. Unfortunately, the baffles in the silencer blew loose after a few months - dunno if that's typical. But it does make a hell of a trumpeting noise!

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:52 pm

SriVik wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:50 am Apparently now steel but aluminized. Anybody tried before??

Yes, I fitted an aluminized three-piece. Unfortunately, the baffles in the silencer blew loose after a few months - dunno if that's typical. But it does make a hell of a trumpeting noise!

I still prefer to get back the original sound. For now, i managed to get a old stock system. Let me try that first

I put a full stainless system on Monty (my traveller) and it still made a SMASHING 'FARTY' sound!