Or looking at it from a different POV......

Is this a flex bellows I'm seeing?  image of 1.7 KY diesel exhaust diagram:

http://tinyurl.com/cm4n2oc

Maybe used due to increase in displacement?

I'm really sorry to be beating a dead horse here, but for me, there
still seems to be a little voodoo on exhaust design and longevity on
gas I4 swaps.

Maybe I'll read Alistair Bell's exhaust pages again!      :^)

Neil.

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> i.e. why didn't they use a flex joint and hang the exhaust from the
> body with rubber isolators?

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Neil n

65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp

'88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.

'81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:

http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines