Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:22:05 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Low exhaust
in article MPG.18e27f4252ffcd8898a29cnopsam.cis.dfn.de, MeatballTurbo at carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com wrote on 19/03/2003 13:21: > In article <bFMda.2418$ug.400nopsamfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>, > ash_tbnopsamail.com says... >> Hi >> >> >> I have a 900t 8V 1989 with a very low exhaust. with people in the back seat, >> going over speed bumps is a real nightmare. >> >> Does anyone know if the exhaust is meant to lie so low ? >> >> Is there anyway to raise it ? >> > > Not sure, but can comiserate. > Discover this week that the local Sainsbury's near where I work has > speed "bricks". like a speed ramp, but taller than they are wide (much > taller, pointed top, and near vertical sides. > > I have found that with one passenger in front, and one in the back, I > was able to clout the rear box hard enough to knock it off the rubber > hanger, and that is attempting to cross the humps at little more than > tickover. I had a 17 stone pal in the passenger seat this evening and it was grounding on B-roads! I think rock hard Konis are going to be the answer. Paul