Date:         Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:30:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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yeah,   looks good on your mock-up.


On 12/22/2012 12:00 AM, neil n wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Neil,
>> 'usually' ...the cat is mounted to the upstream side of the muffler..
>> and the whole works, cat , muff, and tail pipe go across the back of the van.
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> This is how I mounted my exhaust
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>> or you could have a short cat running fore-aft ...then the pipe coming out of that curves to meet the muffler across the back.
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> had been thinking of doing that. Image of my mock up:
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> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sIC-CuoXFrw/UNVnbPyYPXI/AAAAAAAAGas/LYApn_HMsXk/s720/Cat%2520Mockup.jpg
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>> Re that comment , 'newish territory' ..
>> as I said, it's not. VW built Bay Buses in Mexico with absolutey upright inline four engines in the back.
>> I have seen one in person in Mexico, new at a dealership in Peurto Vallarta.
>> Those are no longer in production.
>> So ..go online ....and find diagrams of how VW did in that vehicle.
>> I would not be suprised if they transisioned from 'engine-to-body' the the exhasut ...muffler and cat being body mounted ..or hung from the body ..
>> though I'm not a big fan of rubber donuts to hand the exhaust from ...
>>
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> good idea!   I have seen images of the Bay Bus 1.4 engines but not of
> the exhaust. I'll look around.
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> Neil.
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> Neil n
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> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
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