The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hi this may be a silly question but I'll have to ask.
I have a 1972 1850 dolomite non overdrive fitted with a sport exhaust that was fitted when i bought the car at 50 mph 3000rpm the car gets very loud inside, Ive had a new timing chain fitted so at tick over the car is quiet should i take the ...

Stainless exhausts can resonate a bit. Ive had success with clamping metal weights to the exhaust near the centre silencer. A kg or 2 is enough. I used a large scrap wheelbearing off a modern car welded to an exhaust clamp. It just adds enough mass to cut out most of the resonance.


Thanks I'll ...

Hi this may be a silly question but I'll have to ask.
I have a 1972 1850 dolomite non overdrive fitted with a sport exhaust that was fitted when i bought the car at 50 mph 3000rpm the car gets very loud inside, Ive had a new timing chain fitted so at tick over the car is quiet should i take the ...