3" exhaust built - pics here

[JShadzi at aol.com]

The DP flange is cast as well, and exhibits the same exact destruction, I had a downpipe completely disintegrate on me that I had wrapped, really odd, even the cat was full of pieces of it, it had just began flaking and crystalizing, very odd.

Javad

>Morning Javad
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>Well....Bummer....and it looks so pretty, and the theory is great, but it
>seems like the general concensus points to my removing the wrap   :.(
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>So I will be getting out the snips this weekend.
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>So here's another question for yall then;
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>the downpipe - is the O2 sensor housing cast iron or cast stainless? I
>thought it was cast stainless as there doesnt seem to be any real
>corrosion at the joint to the stainless downpipe as I would have expected
>from welding stainless to cast iron.
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>Timmy
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>> I absolutely agree with Jim, that exh. manifold will disintegrate into
>> powder
>> in about 8 months with that wrap on it, BTDT.
>>
>> Javad
>>
>> In a message dated 12/9/2003 3:34:42 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> jeg1976 at yahoo.com writes:
>> Looks good!  I hate getting and giving news like this,
>> but.....  You might want to take the wrap off that EM.
>> I can't even describe how fast cast iron will
>> disintegrate from that stuff.  This goes for the cast
>> iron part of the DP as well.  You can wrap everything
>> back from there because it's stainless though.  If you
>> plan on taking the EM off in a year for a header
>> upgrade or something, than I'd just leave it on:)
>>
>> HTH,
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