REFLECTOR:Exhuast systems

Milton Mersky reflector@tvbf.org
Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:06:49 -0500


Scott:

If you use slip joints, can you replace just parts or do you have to 
replace the entire stack.?

If just parts are to be replaced, go that way.

Milt



Scott Derrick wrote:

> I just got off the phone with Brendan at the factory and he certainly 
> makes the forward facing system sound like a good choice. No exhaust 
> stains on the prop...
>
> But the Custom Aircraft system is so well designed with each port a 
> spring captured slip joint..  One year warrantee...
>
> Decisions decisions..
>
> Scott
>
> Scott Derrick wrote:
>
>> The V Factory has rearward facing stacks for the IO360 for $400
>>
>> Custom Aircraft parts(known for their excellent work) has them for 
>> $615.  They offer 3 or 4 variants with different dimensions to fit 
>> your cowling, etc..
>>
>> I don't know who makes the factory ones.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Milton Mersky wrote:
>>
>>> Scott:
>>>
>>> We have 630 hours on our plane . IO 360. Both stacks, facing 
>>> rearward toward the prop, have been replaced due to cracks in the 
>>> same location as yours. How about sending them out for coating as 
>>> the auto guys do. Not ceramic, but another type.
>>>
>>> Milt
>>>
>>> Scott Derrick wrote:
>>>
>>>> I pulled my 4-into-1 exhaust system off today to wrap it with 
>>>> header tape.  Trying to cool things down in this 100 degree heat!
>>>>
>>>> I found another(actually two) crack(s) where the 4 pipes go into 1. 
>>>> I have had this thing welded two times already  for previous 
>>>> cracks, in 200+ hours.  Third times the charm, its getting scraped.
>>>>
>>>> I looked on the Velocity web site and saw a rearward and a forward 
>>>> facing set advertised.  Why would anybody want a forward facing set 
>>>> of exhaust stacks?  Anybody have a few hundred hours on one of 
>>>> these sets with good service?
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
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