Headers (for the last damn time)

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

I am so tired of messing with 3 bolt flanges. Way better than a slip fit 
that doesn't ever unslip but it still sucks getting to the bolts.
V-band clamps are the way to go. No gasket, no alignment, one bolt that's 
easy to get to.
The downside?
They're $80 a pop and you need three if you're going to have enough parts 
for your cat and your test pipe.
They're so much easier to swap out, 10 minutes max, that they're worth the 
cost.
my <.02
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
Subject: RE: Headers (for the last damn time)


> On 6:50:43 am 07/02/05 "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com> wrote:
>> You could get a universal high flow Walker cat for under $100, and
>> have a 3 bolt flange welded on.
>>
>> I also have a used Supersprint resonator from a 16V Scirocco, that I
>> no longer need. The resonator looks just like a cat, and could easily
>> be modified to fit the TT header, by welding on a 3 bolt flange.
>>
>
> I have the flanged cat and am loving it, next Etest, I know I have a nice
> fresh cat to bolt in (it's on the shelf, after all), and in the meantime, 
> I
> can get stopped at a spot check and as long as they only do a visual, my
> hollowed out cat will pass with flying colours. I should have done it 
> years
> ago. I imagine it could be bolted into the exhaust stream of the other gas
> VWs in the fleet too with some creative flange work.
>
> Cathy
>
>
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