For sure. Thanks. I had that in the back of my mind, but had this notion that the exhaust had to be hard mounted to the engine and that the flex bellow would eliminate the vibrations. Ha! --- :^) Thankfully the engine hasn't emitted too much vibration, but isolating the exhaust from engine vibrations is the thing to do..... for now. Cheers, Neil. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:51 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Neil, > > Take a look at the exhaust system on any rabbit/jetta/scirocco/golf/etc.. > > The entire system is suspended with rubber hangers. > This allows the system to move and absorb vibrations from the motor. > > You may find you have a lot less noise, vibrations and harmonics after > building a similar system in your van. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > neil N > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:36 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Help with exhaust bracket design? > > The exhaust is mounted entirely to the engine. I figured one metal > flex bellows http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ExhaustBushin.jpg would > suffice. Obviously I missed the point. > > I did not know about the isolators needed for the exhaust system. > > I didn't know the Vanagon exhaust had isolators. I'll study my Bentley. > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.