X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.80] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c2) with ESMTP id 3975241 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:31:03 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.80; envelope-from=n3773@comcast.net Received: from OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.28]) by QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4eCR1d0040cQ2SLA8jWVbQ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:30:30 +0000 Received: from rv8 ([71.236.188.114]) by OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4jWU1d0082UXxkf8WjWVlc; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:30:29 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: "kevin lane" From: "kevin lane" To: "flyrotary" Subject: renesis stock exhaust flange Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:37 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01CA6454.B8CC2EE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01CA6454.B8CC2EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I didn't come across this fact in the archives and thought I'd pass it = on. the stock exhaust flanges appear to be made from powdered metal. = when you attempt to weld to them the base metal breaks off very easily. = I was going to modify the stock exhaust, then was talked into a new = header, using the original flanges. it's only money. better to break = on the workbench, no? I ordered a new 304 flange from ed klepis today. = BTW, Columbia River Mandrel Bending supplies Burns with parts and costs = 1/3 to 1/2 the price, plus sells schedule 10 tubing & elbows [.090 wall] = as well. they have been good to deal with. = http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/contact-us.html kevin interesting to watch mandrel bending. they pull this "chain" of brass = doughnuts thru the tube while bending it. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01CA6454.B8CC2EE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I didn't come across this fact in the = archives=20 and thought I'd pass it on. the stock exhaust flanges appear to be = made=20 from powdered metal. when you attempt to weld to them the base = metal=20 breaks off very easily. I was going to modify the stock exhaust, = then was=20 talked into a new header, using the original flanges. it's only=20 money. better to break on the workbench, no? I ordered a new = 304=20 flange from ed klepis today. BTW, Columbia River Mandrel Bending = supplies=20 Burns with parts and costs 1/3 to 1/2 the price, plus sells schedule 10 = tubing=20 & elbows [.090 wall] as well. they have been good to deal = with. http://www.= mandrel-bends.com/catalog/contact-us.html =20 kevin

interesting to watch mandrel = bending. they=20 pull this "chain" of brass doughnuts thru the tube while bending=20 it.

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