Revmaster has a KR2 4 into 1 system on their site. On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote:
> KRnetHeads, > > My VW exhaust system broke while flying last weekend, and given the > location and pervasive nature of the welds required, it's not repairable. > GPASC has no KR exhaust systems in stock, but they can make one for me in > 30 days. They also no longer sell the 4-into-1 "centered" system, offering > only a "KR Tri-gear" model that has the outlet biased towards the pilot's > side. This would be fine if it didn't interfere with something else, but I > don't know exactly what it looks like, and I don't think GPASC does either. > > One choice is to build my own, but it would be a lot more expedient to buy > the Tri-gear if it'll fit without having to modify a bunch of stuff. > That's a big question, because I have a fuel rail with gascolator, > totalizer, and pressure sender down low on the firewall, and would rather > not have to conjure up a place to put them all, because that's about the > only place they would fit. So I'm wondering if somebody with the GPASC (or > other) 4 into 1 Tri-Gear exhaust system can lead me to a few photos and > maybe some dimensions of their exhaust system and surroundings? My current > system has the four equal-length pipes all bending in parallel to the > collector in about the same plane as the rear exhaust flanges, if that > helps. > > Another option is anything else that looks like it might work. I'm > thinking "street" stuff is unlikely, as there's 4" of room between the > bottom of the case and the top of the exhaust system, and I need that for > the Ellison carb that lives nested in there. That would be dragging the > ground under my Karmann Ghia or a Beetle. > > I am open to suggestions, with a backup plan of welding up another one > myself, but given constraints, would rather simply pick up the phone and > order something from somewhere, if possible. I'd even consider a > "previously owned" system if available, just to get me by until I can build > one. My hands are starting to shake because it's already been a week since > I've flown! > > See enclosed photos of my broken exhaust and the GPASC Tri-Gear KR > system. You can't see the crack that totally severed the pipe going into > the collector, but you can see another obvious break near the top of the > photo, which spidered into about 10 inches of continuous cracks totaling > about 10 inches! I guess 550 hours and 25 years is about all I could expect > out of a mild steel exhaust system anyway. > > Thanks... > > -- > Mark "crack pipe" Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
