At 07:35 PM 7/4/2008, Neil2 wrote: >An improved design for the air inlet/outlet >... >If anyone has shortend the inlet tube and/or lengthened the exhaust tube >from the Dom to effect a superior 'flue draft'. The stock setup works very well, has all the draft it needs. I would be very cautious about changing it -- aside from losing safety certifications, you might very well upset the pressure balance which allows a candle-size flame to burn quietly while an 80-mph wind is blowing by the flues.
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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