

| Subject: | Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure |
| From: | Jim Akiba |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:57:21 -0500 |
Yes, but both are significantly higher than NA On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, James <jk_eaton@hotmail.com> wrote: > Isn't the temperature of the exhaust coming out of the turbocharger lower > than the temperature of the exhaust coming in? After all, that's where the > turbine gets the energy to compress the air over on the intake side. > > James > Ottawa, ON > >> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 15:44:55 -0500 >> From: syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM > >> Subject: Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> >> It reduces noise somewhat for sure, but wear goes up since temps are >> much higher. Also with higher EGTs mufflers behave slightly >> differently since the hotter gases also behave/flow differently. For >> most absorption style mufflers it's not a big deal, but for resonators >> it can shift the range where they cancel. >> >> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Good points. And that's interesting re bolted flanges. I always >> > assumed they were there *only* to help with servicing the exhaust. >> > >> > So with the TD, the obvious purpose aside (turbo boost), if I were to >> > assume that the turbo dampens exhaust pulses, does this dampening >> > reduce wear and tear on the exhaust system or just reduce exhaust >> > noise? >> > >> > Neil. >> > >> > On 2/9/14, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> About the I4 diesel set up ... >> >> for turbo diesel conversions mounted ala stock Diesel Vanagon ( which I >> >> strongly recommend ..doing it the way VW did ..engine tilted to the >> >> left >> >> at 50 degrees ) >> >> all I have ever done is reproduce the stock DV system *exactly* .. >> >> just in bigger pipes and with a glass pack, and I can't think of a case >> >> where that did not last just 'forever' .. >> >> and .. >> >> one would think an inline 4 gas would have less vibration than an >> >> inline >> >> 4 diesel. >> >> >> >> I've never even put a flex section in any exhaust system , just never >> >> needed to. >> > >> >> in my world, all pipe to muffler and pipe-to-cat junctions are bolted >> >> flanges, per stock arrangement and never welded ...the junctions likely >> >> allow expansion and slight movement, further reducing tendencies to >> >> crack. >> >> >> >> Readers may recall one of my engine conversion mottos .. >> >> "Do what the manufacturers do." >> >> >> >> When they've been doing something the same way for decades ..you know >> >> it >> >> works. >> >> Why reinvent the wheel, aye ? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Neil n >> > >> > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca >> > >> > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p >> > >> > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> > >> > Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: >> > >> > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
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