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cookflys(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: cabin exhaust |
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Are you 582 drivers using the stock exhaust? I have read where some put a extension on.
What did you use to deal around bungees?
Charles Cook
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Guy Buchanan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: cabin exhaust |
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At 09:52 AM 10/28/2008, you wrote:
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Stock as in Skystar stock? I added the 1 1/2" lost in the
elbow trying to get some more horsepower, to no effect. Otherwise
it's stock. I also noticed exhaust ingestion on climb and for a while
ran an extension on the tip. It didn't change the horsepower and did
improve the cabin smog. My exhaust, however, always leaks at the
elbow joints. When Skystar butchered the elbow to get the exhaust to
fit they warped both ball joints. I've worked them with files, paper,
and lapping compound as much as I'm willing, but they still leak,
especially after a cleaning, before the carbon build-up closes the
joint. I have to, therefore, make sure my firewall is absolutely
air-tight, so all that exhaust goes out the cowl exit.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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jareds(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: cabin exhaust |
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Charles. I put an extension on but i cut the slant the wrong way. After several years i change the outlet to face forward like a typical engine exhaust pipe.
But the big thing that helped with the exhaust is lining the whole firewall with plastic. Just duct taped it on bottom of windshield all the way around the cowling so that when fumes escape your exhuast at the elbows it does not go into the cockpit. I also used header wrap from harleys and put it around the elbows and lined them with anti sieze to help seal them. All this made a HUGE difference keeping the CO2 levels wayyy down.
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[quote] Are you 582 drivers using the stock exhaust? I have read where some put a extension on.
What did you use to deal around bungees?
Charles Cook
N363KF
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