Just a follow-up on the S&S Headers exhaust system installation I did and reported on a few months back. I just had the rear driver's side gasket blow out. I replaced it with one of the metal-reinforced ones that Bob Donalds gave me with my new 2.1 engine (still not installed...the old one keeps ticking strong at over 206K miles) from Boston Engine (www.bostonengine.com). I think the problem was that the ones that came with the S&S were pretty cheap paperboard and it just blew out. Maybe I didn't snug up the bolts enough. FWIW, the exhaust has a nice patina to it now, but I'm happy with the installation and the performance. My seat-of-the-pants dyno tells me there's more oomph than the standard exhaust. Love the rumble. >:-> -Karl
Karl & Kristina Bloss - bloss@citynet.net Hurricane, WV '85 Westfalia Camper "Fred" '87 Westy Weekender "Bev" |
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