REFLECTOR:Exhuast systems

[Milton Mersky]

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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