[Vwdiesel] EGT temps and max temp for a TDI

[maded]

Why not keep the big pipe but just squash it to fit.  You could even go to a
bigger pipe to make up for the bend shrinkage.


Ed Lowe, Seattle
82 Westy diesel upgrading to 1.9td
85 Golf diesel
92 Cabrio
97 Passat Tdi
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>From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt at NWOnline.Net>
>To: LBaird119 at aol.com
>Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] EGT temps and max temp for a TDI
>Date: Mon, Sep 9, 2002, 5:15
>

>
>>   I guess I'm spoiled.  Our local muffler shop never complains about
>>intricate bends.  They just consider them a place to show off their
>>skill!  :)  How about using 3 inch as far as you can and choking to
>>as large as you can get away with over the axle?
>
>
>.............If I were running a big diameter pipe that wouldn't go over
>the axle, I'd try to link the big round pipe up with a thinner but wider
>double pipe above the axle, using a "Y" pipe to split the big volume into
>two smaller volumes just in front of the rear axle. The double smaller
>pipes could clear the rear axle and exit at the rear without being joined
>up again.
>