Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #48647
From: Bobby J. Hughes <bhughes@qnsi.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] 409/304/321 vs .065/.080
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:52 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Kevin,
 
I just had a replacement manifold made for my Renesis. It's all .049 / 321 except for Ed's (techwelding) flange. Pic does not show the 180 deg bend. It turned out 4.5 pounds lighter than the stock cut down manifold with a .080 / 180 deg bend. Only have a couple of hours on it so far. Hope it lasts. 
 
Bobby


From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of kevin lane
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:37 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] 409/304/321 vs .065/.080

in searching for 180 elbows for my exhaust I'm finding choices of - 180 degree /.065 wall/ 304  ($30 or $72),
180 with .080 wall, but 409, 
90's, sch5 (.080 wall) in 304
180, .065 wall, 321,  $112(?) [burns]
 
I am planning to use  a chopped off stock renesis manifold and was looking into using a 180, rather than the swirl pot like Dennis did [since hiring a welder offsets a lot of make-it-yourself savings].  my question is how important is wall thickness vs. alloy?  will a 321 at 16 gauge perform as well as the 304/.080 plus weigh a lot less?  or will it have a short life?     kevin
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