In a message dated 4/7/03 6:33:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jgh3rd@MINDSPRING.COM writes: << While looking at the underside of my 1990 GL, I noticed that, right behind the cat, the header pipe is seriously dented. It looks like someone backed into something, and I would estimate that the pipe is bent in on the one side by about 60-70 percent of the total diameter of the pipe. This would cause a significant loss of power, right? ...>> Yes, I would guess that depression will cause a "dent" (sorry) in your performance and your wallet as well as your gas mileage will suffer. << Would it be possible to drill a hole, slide-hammer it out and weld the hole, or am I better off installing a new header pipe? >> Anything is possible. It can get just as expensive to have this done professionally as just replacing the pipe with used one. BenT Pipe |
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