At 04:46 PM 17/02/98 -0700, Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>>On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>>> Why? Like I said, they won't be able to put the beading in the end, which
>>> is absolutely needed to ensure hose retention, and those muffler shop
pipes

Tell you what - locate copper downpipes at a specialty building supply
house (about 2.5" OD), have the muffler shop bend them, add a bead at the
appropriate place (dead easy to put a bead on copper) and there you are.
No corrosion, dissipates heat well, looks nice too (in case you roll the van).