Date:         Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:21:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stainless Exhaust
Comments: To: Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>,
          Vanagon Mailing Lis <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Kelly
I'm looking into their system... but I'm waiting until Jan. 1999... at that
time Ont. is putting into place an exhaust testing law and Stebro does not
offer a cat... I wouldn't want to run without one (law or not)... but if SS
last longer than I have been getting on all my Campers on Ont. roads
(average about 6-8 years).... it
will be a good deal in the long run... I don't need to worry until spring...
Lets see how they handle the new laws ..... and you may be seeing those laws
in B.C. soon also.
Cheers
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
To: <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Stainless Exhaust


>I think Ron and Joshua missed a major detail on this thread.  Stebro
>guarantees the systems for life.  Presumably that means guarantee against
>cracking as well as rusting.  Ron have you spoken with Stebro about
>distributing their product?  Stebro have been selling exhaust systems in
>Canada for a billion years.  I am sure they didn't get this far by dealing
>crap.
>
>My 2 cents worth.
>
>Kelly Bauman
>Delta, BC
>'91 Westy
>
>At 21:09 25-11-98 -0600, Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>>>difference.  Especially considering that one of the main causes of
failure
>>>of the Vanagon exhaust is not rust, but stress cracks, and I don't know
>>>whether stainless will solve this problem or not.  (If the system doesn't
>>>rust, but instead cracks as soon as the stock system would have, then it
>>>will not have been worth the extra money.
>>
>>Most types of stainless are more suceptable to cracks than mild steel.
This
>>is why stainless systems are usually VERY HEAVY, since they use thicker
>>pipe to keep this from happening. This, and the expense, is why we don't
>>see a lot of new cars with stainless exhaust, but they do exist, and will
>>probably become more common as time goes on.
>