Keith Moore wrote:

Have you seen the Mazda exhaust pipe when running at full tilt?

It's bright CHERRY-RED

My exhaust system approach will be to fit/seal  a 3" dia T304 SS flex
section over the exhaust pipe from the engine to the exit from the

cowl.

Such material can be found at J C Whitney for ~ 7.60 /ft.
See

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogI

d=10101&storeId=10101&langId=-1&productId=174762&mediaCode=ZX&appId=385989

K Moore
LEZ on gear - Engine/Panel time

Hey that's a great idea Keith. I did not know you could get that stuff

in

3 inch diameter. That's a major break through on this issue. Cheap too.

Install a blast tube for a bit of cooling air between the pipes and

problem

solved once and for all.

Assuming of course your down pipe is 2.5 inch OD or less. I wonder if

you

can get it in 3.5 or 4 inch ID?

Paul Lamar

  Would this HAVE to be SS?  Standard steel flex can be had in those
larger diameters very easy.

Phil Williamson
Oregon City, Or.

Probably if there is enough clearance and enough cooling air. The problem
with mild steel is high temp oxidation. AKA corrosion.

Paul Lamar

-Gordon Rogers wrote:

rule of thumb -two finger width between exhaust & any other item ,a heat
sink of any type of metal between ex'& any thing else will
work------G------))     gordon h. rogers -riverton wy.- 

 
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