Jerry Hey wrote:

 > I have checked further.   The flexible unit is 100 percent 304
 > stainless.  It is shipped with ss braiding on the outside but the
 > part were are interested in is the SS Bellows that is inside.  In
 > some pictures the unit is shown with end caps.  These are aluminized
 > steel and we don't want them.   The SS bellows is expanded on each
 > end so that it will slip over our two inch exhaust pipes   where it
 > can be welded in line.   It can be purchased without the end caps.
 > It comes in four, six and eight inch lengths .  Apparently it is OEM
 > equipment a lot of front wheel drive  vehicles where there is great
 > relative movement between the softly supported engines and solid
 > mounted exhaust components. The manufacturer is SENIOR FLEXONICS,
 > Bartlett, Ill.    Tel: 630-837-1811.   I mentioned that it was for an
 > "off road vehicle" and got excellent cooperation.    They do not sell
 > direct.   They have a dealer Marwell Products who faxed  the flyer I
 > posted.     I don't have their phone number with me but I can post
 > later it if anyone wants it.
 >
 > I am thinking of cutting my muffler free and installing the flex
 > tubes.  That would  give me a chance  to move the muffler down and
 > away from the side of the engine and maybe even find a way to snake
 > the exhaust pipes  around to a tuned length.  Don't know if  that is
 > really possible but I can dream.
 >
 > As the exhaust gas  moves away from the exhaust port, it must be
 > cooling.   Is this significant enough to utilize in our designs.
 > For example,  if the muffler is  twenty inches downstream instead of
 > two inches,  is it a lot cooler or just barely cooler?         Jerry

 Jerry,

 I'm interested in that number for Marwell Products.

Marwel Products:   800-837-8116

 
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