Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:35:16 EST
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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
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In a message dated 16/11/2005 1:39:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
STAINLEES STEEL is the only way to beat this exhaust loss problem. My
system on my '87 Westy is now over eight years old and still intact except for the
damn flanges that DANSK so unwisely put on their stainless steel header
pipes, another bright idea by imbeciles. I've fixed that now by getting CINTUBE
of Montreal to make up all the header pipes with stainless steel flanges.
I've got a garage full of those pipes now and have spent the better part of the
last eight years getting all the exhaust parts for all waterboxer engined
Vanagons in production. Now every part is available in stainless steel except
for the cast iron collector on the 2.1. CAT's are Stainless Steel bodied,
and cannot last a lifetime as the internals are wearing out as you drive. It's
a part that you will ALWAYS have to replace if you drive. The cast iron
collector on the 2.1s are still going to be cast iron and slowly rust away,
typically 10 ~ 15 years so we have to live with that. But, the header pipes,
J-pipes and muffler tail pipe assembly will be there long after your outta here
! Yes, I know a lot of you feel that it's quite expensive but change your
system twice and you've just paid for a system that would have lasted you a
lifetime. See my _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) wepage for complete details. Sorry for the
commercial but, really, if your keeping that Vanagon of yours for any long term
why would you fool around doing anything else ? We have enough other
projects on these vans to keep us busy !
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 08 ~ 11, 2006
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