TR NIALL Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Anyone ever consider a Boot Spoiler,Rubber Moulded type like on the MK2 Escort? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 John L, No, no additives. But even if car is running rich and therefore could be better, I would rather not be breathing in sweeter smelling fumes if I can avoid it. I never thought of he bumper being too involved in this, but I do not know what I'm doing, or where I am going with this, so yep I will put it on the list. I think I need either (or both) to lower the low pressure behind the car, or to raise the pressure in the cockpit. The exhaust gasses cannot then flow from a very low pressure to a higher pressure. That would also stop any fumes penetrating the boot which others have issues with. I just might have found Mercedes drivers solution to the problem:- http://www.duramaxforum.com/forum/attachments/exterior/56930d1351103161-stupid-stacks-pics-imageuploadedbyag-free1351103162.352617.jpg Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Terry Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Don't seem to have the problem with my US car - could the luggage rack be helping??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 That was a great exposition of a well known factor of aero - there is a lot more drag with the top down, or even with the windows open! But it shows how possible it is to do CFD on a PC today; the labour is obtaining a suitable model of the car. But I don't think it demonstrates that exhaust gases will be entrained forwards - there may be equally low pressure areas at the back and behind the windscreen, but flow goes from a high pressure to a low. What you need is the next CFD step-up, flow lines. Try http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/events/cabin-comfort-cfd-webinar John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Phil, From your thumbnail you have a different style of tailpipe. I have twin tailpipes and twin silencers, and I believe all those other with issues have twin tailpipes as well. They are mounted symmetrically closer to the centre line of the car than yours, perhaps by only 2 to 3" each side. I am working on the belief that it is the proximity to the centre line of the car that is the issue. The exhaust gasses are venting / accumulating centrally behind the car and then flowing up over the boot and into the cockpit. I expect you have a silencer fitted left to right across the width of your car, with a twin exhaust system there are two silencers mounted front to rear, these may deflect air from entering under the rear of the car and disrupt the turbulent airflows that are created by your transverse silencer, creating a more laminar flow. I would post a picture of my setup but it never seems to work on here for me so here is a stock photo I found on google - not my car. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5242522998_7a2bb90e94.jpg Alan Edited June 6, 2015 by barkerwilliams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 John, Thanks for that I will have a play. I did notice the first words on that site "thermal comfort in passenger cabins", surely that can't apply to a TR6? Comfort and Triumph are not words that sit easily together! Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Terry Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Phil,From your thumbnail you have a different style of tailpipe. I have twin tailpipes and twin silencers, and I believe all those other with issues have twin tailpipes as well. They are mounted symmetrically closer to the centre line of the car than yours, perhaps by only 2 to 3" each side. I am working on the belief that it is the proximity to the centre line of the car that is the issue. The exhaust gasses are venting / accumulating centrally behind the car and then flowing up over the boot and into the cockpit.I expect you have a silencer fitted left to right across the width of your car, with a twin exhaust system there are two silencers mounted front to rear, these may deflect air from entering under the rear of the car and disrupt the turbulent airflows that are created by your transverse silencer, creating a more laminar flow.I would post a picture of my setup but it never seems to work on here for me so here is a stock photo I found on google - not my car.http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5242522998_7a2bb90e94.jpgAlan You are correct - here is an image I just took Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Phil, Managed to attach my car photo. You can see fore & aft mounting of silencers which will influence the airflow in some way down there. Alan Edited June 6, 2015 by barkerwilliams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Phil has the standard side exhaust which I reverted to to improve the situation. Also as its a USA car he will likely be on carbs and running less rich than a PI car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 If the car is setup right you should smell nowt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poolboy Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 The Kamm back design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b36ZP3PGis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clarkey Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 When we went down to Cornwall last year, a 300 mile trip, everything carried in the boot reeked of exhaust fumes, vile. All clothing had to be washed before it was wearable, didn't spoil the holiday though. A return to a standard set up is on my mind. winston Hi Winston I had the same issue at Le Mans last year with things in the boot smelling, I just replaced the boot seal and all was sorted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
winston Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sounds like it's worth a shot, thanks Clarkey. I've put it on my list of things to get around to doing! Winston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie74 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 i replaced my boot seal also but made sure the seam was at the front by the fuel filler. i recently read elsewhere that the license plate lights can let in fumes to the boot. it might be worth trying to seal them too. c74 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
re-hiker Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I am driving my TR6 since 20 years with a twin SS exhaust System. Only two small boxes at the rear and then the end Pipes go up at about 30°. End is shortly before the rear of the Bumper. On Long Trips I was getting dizzy from the Exhaust fumes so something had to happen. I bought while in the US two simple chromed 45° bent End-tubes. Shortened them to about 30mm longer then the Bumper and pushed them over the Original pipe. It looksow like the Setting on a E-Type which has the same End-Pipe. No more fumes, no smell. Can post Picres if needed. Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulAA Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I am driving my TR6 since 20 years with a twin SS exhaust System. Only two small boxes at the rear and then the end Pipes go up at about 30°. End is shortly before the rear of the Bumper. On Long Trips I was getting dizzy from the Exhaust fumes so something had to happen. I bought while in the US two simple chromed 45° bent End-tubes. Shortened them to about 30mm longer then the Bumper and pushed them over the Original pipe. It looksow like the Setting on a E-Type which has the same End-Pipe. No more fumes, no smell. Can post Picres if needed. Robert Hi Robert Please do - would be interesting to see. Cheers Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue cedar Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I too have suffered with horrid smells from the exhaust. Whenever I return from a journey, my wife says I stink of fumes. The car would also be very smelly. However, last weekend I fitted an unused old stock air manifold box (oil free), the existing one fitted had a mess of oil inside and running underneath it. What a marked improvement. I returned from my run out and my wife commented how little I smelt and I have to say the same about the car. Is the oil from the airbox heating up and getting into the engine and out the back and even getting smelly in the engine bay and leaking out through the clutch master cylinder rubber boot and into the car where the pressure is low. Cheers Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) All, I have spent some time working with my Tr6 to kill the exhaust fumes in the cockpit before they kill me. Using tell-tales and a camera as a basic car I cannot find a speed above 15mph when fumes are not being drawn into the cockpit, even in heavy crosswinds. I have fitted the usual "behind the seats screen" and tried again, this has some effect, the fumes splitting and either coming around the screen or flowing down into the space behind the seats and thence under the newly fitted screen. At the moment I have purchased two SS exhaust extension / bends http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161523251404 at £4.20 each. These seem to work well, perhaps 3" longer and a 90' bend to throw the fumes down and out. These particular extensions come with fittings for smaller diameter exhausts which I discarded, and I triple-slit the rear of the new fittings which have a 59mm internal diameter, and attach beautifully to the 58mm exhaust trims with a jubilee clip. I cannot admit that they look as nice as the original, but the alternative was looking to be the transverse silencer at about £200, or an early death. Still considering a wind deflector between the two front-to-rear mounted silencers. Alan Edited June 16, 2015 by barkerwilliams Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OAF939M Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I also have the fumes problem with a twin box systems. Does the transverse box fit a twin exhaust system? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkerwilliams Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 OAF939M Did you get / have a copy of the TR Shop 2015 leaflet sent out with the TRF magazine this year? On Page 3 at the bottom are two exhaust systems identical apart from the back box. Now what system is fitted to your car and your pipe diameters I do not know, but there is a strong possibility that your second pipe can be repositioned and a transverse box could be fitted. But first it's on your back with a tape measure to check what you have. A back box is £200'ish so perhaps you should also consider the extravagant £10 on a couple of exhaust trims/deflectors. I have been surprised by the response to this thread I started and I wonder if anyone with twin boxes does not have the problem of fume ingress. It was not apparent to me until I started driving longer distances at higher speed on motorways, my first symptom was noticing "TR cough" after using the car. I'm still thinking of an underbody spoiler between the rear boxes and the rear valance which projects down and appears to disturb the underbody airflows. This space is filled by the transverse silencer. I am having difficulty in "proving" which route the fumes are taking so that I am able to determine if something I change makes a quantifiable difference. I can only think of injecting coloured smoke into the exhaust as per the Red Arrows - difficult to justify Your Honour on a public road. And of course the exhausts exit nearer the centre line and point upwards into the low pressure behind the car. Alan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OAF939M Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks ,I have got the advert insert as I ordered some new mirrors from it. Under the car to investigate further ,the tailpipe extension deflectors seem worth trying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks ,I have got the advert insert as I ordered some new mirrors from it. Under the car to investigate further ,the tailpipe extension deflectors seem worth trying. Interesting to see your registration come up as its a Cornish registration, our local group web page has a gallery of pictures of Cornish registered cars and yours appears in it though somewhat different from your avatar presumably shows it now. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OAF939M Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thank you Stuart, I knew the car was originally Red but not sure when it was totally restored and painted. I would be interested to find more history. I bought the car from a garage owner and everything has been quite fastidiously done, body, chassis, engine with mild tuning. giving 136 bhp at the flywheel and loads of torque. Recently I sold a 1974 MGB GT V8 ,and the TR is just so much better to drive . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR6GAZ Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well I had my exhaust modded! so Basically I put a level line straight now, cut 3 inches of the tail pipe off, turned it around to face down to the ground and stainless welded it up....I tell you what chaps what a difference!! I could smell two cars in front was a smoker whilst driving at 50! I no longer stink of fumes, my wife is some what a little happier too! Now the only down side is it looks a bit odd but man so worth doing!! I'll try to upload a few pictures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) All I have been following this whole topic with great interest, it's yet another TR6 learning curve! As you can see from my picture, my car has, what I believe to be, a std exhaust system exiting on the NS. As there have never been issues with fumes in the cockpit, I was unaware of the problem, until thd start of this thread. So, questions; Does anyone know why there are an apparent range of different exhaust configurations on the 6? I have seen twin NS, twin centre and twin single exhausts Would I be right in assuming that ST did no testing of the effects of differing configurations? How come there has been no discussion until now? Have owners just put up with it on the basis that, 'this is how it is'? I have been facinated by the effects just moving the tailpipe(s) can have on such a simple, clean, body design Good luck with your efforts to obtain gas free driving Edited June 23, 2015 by wjgco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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