At 04:46 PM 17/02/98 -0700, Joshua Van Tol wrote: >>On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Joshua Van Tol wrote: >>> Why? Like I said, they won't be able to put the beading in the end, which >>> is absolutely needed to ensure hose retention, and those muffler shop pipes Tell you what - locate copper downpipes at a specialty building supply house (about 2.5" OD), have the muffler shop bend them, add a bead at the appropriate place (dead easy to put a bead on copper) and there you are. No corrosion, dissipates heat well, looks nice too (in case you roll the van). |
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