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Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
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20/05/19 07:46 PM
20/05/19 07:46 PM
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Joined: May 2019
Posts: 51 Hampshire, UK
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Greetings all from a newbie, I’ve been following this superb forum for a while and was hoping to make the Brooklands meet last weekend but my forum membership wasn’t live so I couldn’t find out where in Silvermere you were meeting up, in the end it looked like rain so I didn’t go on spec. (Yep I’m a fully paid up member of the fair weather motoring club) I’ve just bought a M3W Brooklands (11/50) and live in North Hampshire UK. Have to say I’m loving driving the M3W and the wife is happier now I’m off two wheels! Looking forward to meeting some owners at some point. Currently trying to get my head around essential “upgrades” the following are done Cooling fan All timing belt mods Rear mudguard My eyes are wide open so to speak and I’m particularly interested in how the Brooklands exhaust problems got solved as my M3W only had 350 miles on the clock since first registration in 2015 so i’m certain to be finding a few issues and the exhaust cracking seems to be a matter of when not if? All advice greatly appreciated.
M3W Brooklands (2015) Norton Commando 750 (1971) Moody 41 (2013)
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Re: Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
[Re: skullmog]
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20/05/19 09:02 PM
20/05/19 09:02 PM
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Chris99
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Welcome IMHO and hopefully we'll meet up sometime soon. You are right in thinking the Brooklands exhausts may well crack at some point but until then the main thing is to get out and about as much as possible and get some (s)miles on the car MMC did come up with a "final" fix involving beefed up mountings and a flexi joint but I've not heard how succesful that's been longer term. If/when they do crack then an option would be to get an independent exhaust company to weld them up - there will be plenty of advice forthcoming from the TM team......
Red Leader
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Re: Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
[Re: IMHO]
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20/05/19 09:56 PM
20/05/19 09:56 PM
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Bunny
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Grab yourself some popcorn and read the thread in this LINK for everything you need to know about Brooklands exhausts!
Andy
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Re: Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
[Re: IMHO]
#577326
21/05/19 02:08 AM
21/05/19 02:08 AM
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LightSpeed
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Got the popcorn and read the entire Thread. Going back for more popcorn to find a good source of the flex joints. I know that Mini Cooper uses one in its exhaust path and I am sure others use a flex joint. I am hesitant to try and get them from Morgan since the communication and the international tariffs would make them more hassle than its worth.
Maybe popcorn and a good single malt to make the search more palatable.
Whats the O.D. Of the current standard pipes?
Last edited by LightSpeed; 21/05/19 02:09 AM.
Stephen 2019 M3W
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Re: Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
[Re: Bunny]
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21/05/19 07:35 AM
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Grab yourself some popcorn and read the thread in this LINK for everything you need to know about Brooklands exhausts! IMHO, I think it only reasonable to ask you to stay away from sharp instruments and hand over your belt and shoe laces before you get to the reading.....
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner... 2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, 1936 Auburn Boat Tail
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Re: Brooklands Exhaust Endgame?
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21/05/19 11:57 AM
21/05/19 11:57 AM
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Joined: May 2019
Posts: 51 Hampshire, UK
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Skullmog, i’m Just below Farnham, however unfortunately next week i’m off to sail my boat.
BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand, and since my other hobby is my 1971 Norton Commando you will probably deduce that I frequently sacrifice myself on the altar of dubious “engineering” and you’d be right.
Wow what a saga on the Brooklands exhaust, ran out of popcorn. I see there’s a new support bracket arrangement so i’ve Contacted MMC to see what they have to say about the logic? I think i’ll then go see a specialist before making my move, there’s one called Magnaflow near Heathrow that looks interesting.
M3W Brooklands (2015) Norton Commando 750 (1971) Moody 41 (2013)
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