Thanks for your thoughts and comments Scott. Yah I know; don't reinvent the wheel. < grin > I just don't want to have to do this exhaust "design" and build job a 3rd time. My engine is mounted at 15º, and I'm running a cat so the space between the driver and passenger side "DV" brackets isn't as wide as a 50º diesel Vanagon engine. The arm I built off of the driver side bracket, Image: http://tinyurl.com/9ythuq5 (uses a 5" muffler clamp) was an add on redesign done shortly before the down pipes finally cracked. I might keep this cat support design but don't really like the idea of running one the driver side exhaust support to the cat. Neil.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > hi .. > as I said, stock DV exhaust systems don't have a problem with cracking. > > on the two DV systems I have laying around that have a flex junction in them.. > the muffler is still mounted to the engine with rubber mounts. > > the stock system is So Good that I have reproduction left and right muffler brackets that I had made. > Nice 'n heavy duty too. > Have a few sets left. > > > I get them cut out by a computer controlled machine .. > very simple to order say 5 more , at any time. - as they aleady exisit in a computer program at my fabricator's.
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