In a message dated 4/24/07 6:23:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM writes:
> If you are looking for a SS exhaust system, I'm afraid you are stuck > with "Ferritic 409" in most cases unless the mfr. tells you > otherwise. It's malleable and weldable which the Austenitic 300 > series SS (also called 18/8) is much less so, but is on the other > hand very resistant to rust. > Ferritic 409 is Stainless Steel but will rust with time and > corrosive environments (salt). > > David (dsl82westy) > > he was talking about the S&S brand not SS (as in stainless steel) the S&S is not SS.. chris
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