[Supras] Exhaust wrap and SS pipes...

[Jim Jobe]

which is why the flex section was most likely not SS.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 09:31:15AM -0800, Jeff Mohler wrote:
> What SS is it?  For high heat use, you have to use the right stuff, SS
> can get brittle under high heat.
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> On 12/11/06, Brian Walker <Brian.Walker at timmons.com> wrote:
> > Just a note for others, I was hunting down a slight, audible exhaust
> > leak a couple of weeks ago. Sounded to be coming from header/turbo area.
> > Was thinking it was likely a gasket due to the minor sound of the leak.
> > I ran one event and it was noticeably louder throughout the event. One
> > the trip home, the sound grew to that of a turbo diesel. I got home and
> > started looking for a leak. I looked at the exhaust wrap I've had on my
> > SS RT downpipe for ~4 years and noticed some of it had come apart. I
> > pulled it loose and found that 2 bands of the flex section had broken
> > apart around half the circumference of the pipe. After removing the rest
> > of the wrap, the pipe looked fairly rusted. This was supposed to be a SS
> > pipe but I'm thinking the wrap was holding enough moisture to corrode
> > the flex section (it's possible the flex wasn't SS)
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> > I had figured using wrap on a SS pipe would be fine as far as corrosion
> > but it looks like I was wrong. I'll get the next one ceramic coated
> > since that's held up well for me in the past.
> >
> > Brian W-88T
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