SS exhaust pipe flanges(SS or regular steel?)

[Konstantin Bogach]

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It is Scorpion, it seems to me.  It was too loud and owner cut that
muffler and put another one - round Borla
and another section - silencer, which is 2.5'' and not SS.  The car is
UrS4, it is at 280hp now and it it going to be over 300hp.
Thanks for response.

Konstantin.

JShadzi at aol.com wrote:

> Mild steel flanges are quite common on exh. systems as mild steel does
> not warp as badly as stainless, and there is no worry of a flange
> rusting through like a pipe would.  Not sure why they'd put in a
> section of 2.5", any real quieting should be done with muffler
> tuning.  Not sure if it makes too much difference assuming the car is
> under 300hp, quite easy to fix none the less.
>
> Javad
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> In a message dated 11/3/2002 6:36:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> kbogach at comcast.net writes:
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>> Hi lister.
>> I need to evaluate the quality of SS exhaust on a car I am lookint
>> at to
>> buy.  It has 3-inch tubo back.  It has flanges made of regular
>> steel.
>> Is it normal thing?  Flanges are rusted pretty well on 1 year old
>> exhaust.  It also has 2.5'' secton right before the muffler. They
>> put it
>> there to make it quieter.  Did it kill all purpose of 3'' setup?  It
>>
>> also made of reqular steel and started to rust.
>>
>> Konstantin.
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