Flex pipe replacement?

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

You have to have some flex in the system. It will crack very quickly
SOMEWHERE unless you build in some flex either with the stock flex pipe,
aftermarket, or a TT style downpipe.
I've tried. It won't last long.
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: Nate Mellom <bronson@inwave.com>
To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: Flex pipe replacement?


> Here we go, again.
> When I do the exhaust on my '84, I'm going to need the whole thing.  OEM
> 4-2-1 setup.
> Will I be able to swap the flex pipe with a rigid pipe (I'm thinking
> about going custom with a local shop), or should I keep the flex pipe?
>  I've heard stories about manifolds and downpipes cracking.....would
> there be enough 'give' in the exhaust to make up for the lacking flex
pipe?
>
> Oh, and I'm in need of the cat bypass tube (comes out of the manifold on
> the passenger side for emissions testing).  Either I replace it or I JB
> Weld the hole.......
>
> Nate
> '81
> '84
>
> If anyone has a flex pipe and convertor they want to get rid of, let me
> know.
>
>
>
>
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