Headers (for the last damn time)

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

http://www.burnsstainless.com/Hardware/Clamps/clamps.html


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Kellner" <rfkellner@snet.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: Headers (for the last damn time)


> Dan, do you have a link to a picture of a V-band clamp?  I am not
> familiar with them or know them by a different name.
> Thanks, Rick.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of
> Dan Bubb
> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 9:06 AM
> To: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Headers (for the last damn time)
> 
> 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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