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MG TD TF 1500 - Standard steel exhaust

I came across a thread which argued for standard steel exhausts because the stainless kits use pretty thin metal. Just wondered what most people thought about this, because it's got to be pretty easy to fab a regular steel system at most exhaust shops for a TD, it's a simple exhaust.
Geoffrey M Baker

Couldn't tell you, Geoff. I put my s/s system on in 1995 and it still shines and sounds great. Bud
Bud Krueger

My guess is that the labor charges for cutting and bending pipe and fitting the head pipe flange would equal the cost for a stainless exhaust.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

Well, I can't say what all stainless systems are built like, but I can say mine is thicker than the pipes and muffler I took off the car. I have a Falcon stainless system, it is not highly polished, but it's built well and looks very nice plus the fit was perfect with no alterations. The head flange is twice as thick as the old one. Now I can't say where the old one came from either, which could have come from some place like Pep Boys years ago for 20 bucks. LOL. PJ
Paul S Jennings

Have had the Moss SS exhaust for a decade and no problems. I love the sound.
Tom Maine

We have a MOSS stainless system,,, over 65,000 miles,,
No problems,,, still sounds good,,, only a slight tarnish at the head pipe..
Go to a GOOD muffler shop and get a price on having a custom stainless system made befor you buy a regular steel one..


STEVE
Steve Wincze

Since Moss has gone to the "Tourist Trophy" exhaust systems, I've found the quality of the muffler to have changed. I like the appearance, and initially the sound of the system.

However, after driving about 5,000 miles, the sound of the TT muffler has started to change and become too loud and harsh in tone as the muffler packing brakes down. On two occasions Moss has replaced a muffler for me due to this condition. After the second, I found an NOS muffler on Ebay and have been happy since. I may attempt to open the TT muffler now in my garage and repack it, but its very low priority for now.
Charlie Adams

Geoff, Their is a Muffler and tailpipe, presumed to be NOS on e-bay at the moment.
... CR
C.R. Tyrell

Thanks CR. Considering you can get a new stainless system for only $50 less than the price of that NOS steel muffler on ebay (inc shipping) I'll pass...
What I'm doing is just replacing the tailpipe section; my shop is making it up now. Should cost me about $40.
When the muffler goes, then I'll have to make the decision whether to have someone custom build a system or buy the Moss version.
Thanks for the info!
Geoffrey M Baker

Just finished installing the new tailpipe. It's always good to go through a system completely, at least to evaluate it; once I decided to replace the tailpipe, I found I had to remove the entire assembly up to the exhaust manifold. In the process I found that 2 out of the 3 mounts were completely gone (the clamp below the transmission mount had come off completely and the rubber hanger behind the muffler was broken. For $60 I got a new tailpipe, two new rubber hangers and two new clamps and reassembled the whole thing. It fits well!
Here's a pic of the crimp on the old tailpipe. It's where the pipe is meant to bend around the sidecurtain box; I wonder if some inept garage mechanic just put on a straight piece and then bent it by hand, creating the crimp, in the first place!

Geoffrey M Baker

I've used them all. The best sound in my opinion is mild steel, and it's the easiest to work with. In a wet environment it will eventually rust unless coated.

Next best and with the added benefit of lasting forever is aluminized steel. Nice thick walls and it will look like new long after the rest of the car has rusted to bits.

My least favorite is stainless because of the tinny and sometimes harsh sound, and I've seen too many fractures in the welds over time.

Just my personal experience, others may vary.
Steve S

In Tucson I will never have to worry about a wet environment, so I will get a lot more out of regular steel than most! The tailpipe is aluminized steel now. When the muffler goes, I'll decide which way to go, I'm leaning to aluminized now because my shop did a good job and as you say, it will last a very long time down here.
Geoffrey M Baker

The aluminized system I had installed on my truck 10 or 12 years ago still looks good and it's been in all kinds of weather. You will probably never replace it on the TD especially living where you do. We like Tucson, to the point we considered buying a house there a few years back. Wifes brother is a contractor in Phoenix and has lived there for 40 years. PJ
Paul S Jennings

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