Date:         Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:01:46 -0600
Reply-To:     Chuck Hill <hilltech@NETINS.NET>
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From:         Chuck Hill <hilltech@NETINS.NET>
Subject:      Re: 87 Westy - headers or stock exhaust?
Comments: To: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
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Richard said:  The question is, which system
should I put on....the plain stock exhaust or the S&S headers?

I've done both on different vans that I have.  The S&S muffler is too
loud for most of us, I would say.  The fit was OK.  If you buy it
without having it coated, the rate at which it rusts is probably the
fastest thing about it.  I would recommend buying the stock system as a
package from one of our on-line vendors.  Bus depot can supply most of
the system in stainless steel, which in the long run is the most
economical.  I suppose the others can too.  Ken Wilfey's service and
order time is hard to beat.

Do yourself and your installer a favor, and soak up the bolts and studs
that fasten the system to the heads and engine block really well for a
couple of weeks before they work on it.  The most difficult part of the
whole job is dealing with studs or bolts which twist off because of the
rust that is always there.  If that happens, you have a whole new level
of problems to fix and pay for.

Chuck Hill