Or looking at it from a different POV...... Is this a flex bellows I'm seeing? image of 1.7 KY diesel exhaust diagram: Maybe used due to increase in displacement? I'm really sorry to be beating a dead horse here, but for me, there still seems to be a little voodoo on exhaust design and longevity on gas I4 swaps. Maybe I'll read Alistair Bell's exhaust pages again! :^)
Neil. On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> i.e. why didn't they use a flex joint and hang the exhaust from the > body with rubber isolators?
-- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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