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[mlp]

I can't recall the exact reference but if my failing memory on this serves
me going back about 3 or 4+ years or more when I picked up my tubular header
from some nameless gnomes in the forests of Finland, Carol Smith's
publication on Materials Engineering (IIRC) has a section on stainless in
high heat applications, and some kind of chart dealing with different kinds
of stainless.  

I believe it had something to do with heat getting to a point where it can
begin affecting and altering carbon content in certain kinds of stainless.
I of course can be completely mistaken about all of this, but then that
would only put me an Bill Mahoney in the same bar on adjacent bar stools, so
I don't feel to badly about it.

Believe it or not, but the gnomes in Finland (I was told) use some kind of
very thick walled Italian mild, heck I'm not even sure its steel, iron steam
pipe material... so far their version of the tubular header AFAIK has been
holding up not only in the Green Garbage Can, but a good number of European
applications in which, my impression is they get driven very, very
hard...... 

Mike "knocking on Norwegian wood" Pederson

>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Trevor Frank

>Sorry Hap but I am going to call you on that one, brittle
>nature of stainless steel in these applications? Can someone, 
>anyone explain this to me?  If someone told you this was the 
>case then please give me the background.
>