[DeTomaso] Wilkinson's new GTS mufflers

[Will Kooiman]

Don't coat them until they have gone through a few heat cycles.

That's what I've been told, anyway.  It is supposed to make the coating last
longer.

I have to ask, longer than what?  I've never know the coating to flake off,
but it does get dirty.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of klckmac at msn.com
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:56 AM
To: Mike Drew; Asa Jay Laughton; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wilkinson's new GTS mufflers


I agree, get'em, fit'em, pull'em then coat'em! My 2 pennies worth. 
 

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:52:22 -0500
> To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wilkinson's new GTS mufflers
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/19/11 9 48 14, asajay at asajay.com writes:
> 
> 
> > I don't know that I care if it's stainless or not, but I -do- agree I'd
> > rather have the headers coated before installation.  If that means they
> > need to be mild steel, then that's what I'd need.
> > 
> 
> The gotcha there is that sometimes headers/tailpipes need a bit of
tweaking 
> (i.e. 'percussive engineering') to fit properly. That goes for the 
> factory ANSA stuff too (the left-side header often bumps into the motor
mount). 
> It sucks to coat your headers and then have to bash the hell out of them, 
> much less heat/bend them to get them to fit. Much better to get all that 
> engineering out of the way up front, then coat them.
> 
> Having said that, one would hope that in this day and age, it's possible
to 
> fabricate headers and tailpipes that will simply fit the way you want them

> to, straight out of the box. The Wilkinson setup uses a ball-and-cone 
> style of header connection rather than a simple flat flange, which opens
up a 
> huge range of adjustablity without the need for violence.
> 
> Mike.
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