REFLECTOR:TUNE, STRAIGHT EXHAUST PIPES

[Tom Martino]

No slip joints, each one is one piece -- totally independent of the
other.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: richard@riley.net [mailto:richard@riley.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 8:53 AM
To: reflector@tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:TUNE, STRAIGHT EXHAUST PIPES

Do they have slip joints anywhere?  My experience has been that if they 
don't, they'll crack (and thus make their own),  I've suspended them,
but 
that didn't make a difference if they didn't have slip joints.

At 08:33 AM 2/5/04 -0700, you wrote:

>I ordered and received six straight, 12-inch, tuned exhaust pipes 
>stainless, with a generous flange and a reinforced collar.  I have
talked 
>to a few structural welders for ideas of brackets to tie them to the 
>engine.  Each one of them examined the installation and told me they 
>wouldnt do anything.  They said I should just let them hang (with the 
>exception of a safety cable on each, in case they broke away.
>
>
>
>Their reasoning is this:  The exhaust tubes become part of the 
>engine.  They will move and vibrate with the engine and a 12extension
does 
>not hang down far enough to create a mechanical disadvantage.  They say
if 
>I tie them to the engine, I could actually create a weak spot, causing
it 
>to stress at that point.
>
>
>
>I am not a welder, nor have I had personal experience with straight
pipes 
>hanging 12 inches off of an engine.  Can I get some feedback?
>
>
>
>I plan on using a safety cable but should I go further?

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