Re: Skid Plates available?

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Horch, August wrote:

> irritation tho, snow seems to get itself packed all around my
> driveshaft.  As I'm having my fun in the snow (incedentally, anyone who
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> (and feels) like it's trying to beat its way thru the floorboards.  I'm
> fairly sure that the 3 inch exhaust pipe isn't helping the situation
> any, that's prolly what it's beating against.  Anyhoo, any BTDT's on how

Hmm, I've never had that problem, and I also have a 3" exhaust.   What I 
have found though is that since the 3" pipe is such a tight fit through 
the crossmember, it doesn't take much deformation of the exh system to 
get it to touch the crossmember.   I have found that a big puddle, or a 
lot of fluffy snow will cool the bottom of the exh system enough that the 
whole exh system warps just enough to touch the crossmember.   After a 
couple minutes, the exh system heats back up, and the noise goes away.

> prollem when runnign Steamboat too.  I'm contemplating simply tacking a
> makeshift plate over the front crossmember to keep snow out of there,

That would work for my problem too, but its not enough of a problem for 
me to worry about it.

> but I dunno if that'll wind up overheating the cat (not sleeved or
> hollowed, a genuine 3 inch cat.)  Any pointers will be appreciated, even

I wouldn't worry about covering the cat.   Start just ahead of the 
crossmember, an dbehind the back of the cat and go back about 12 - 18 
inches with your shield.   That should do it.

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