Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.102] (HELO ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3203876 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 03 May 2004 14:24:33 -0400 Received: from EDWARD (clt25-78-058.carolina.rr.com [24.25.78.58]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i43IOTs2028684 for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 14:24:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000401c4313b$e4c0f960$2402a8c0@EDWARD> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Exhausts: 304 vs 321 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 14:24:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Scott, For an NA 13B I think 304 will work fine, 321 is somewhat better, but I have 360 hours on my .101 wall (a bit thick wall) 304 and its still going strong. My personal comfort zone (not based on data) would go for a minimum of 0.058" wall if using 304, perhaps .049" for 321. Ed Ed Anderson RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:54 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Exhausts: 304 vs 321 > Hello All... > > This has probably been discussed many times over, but > I can't seem to find an answer in the archives to the > following... > > For a NA 6 port, 13b, why choose 321 stainless steel > over 304 for the exhaust? Or Inconel 625 over 321? > > Is it a comfort level or a need? Also, it seemed that > 321 .035 was living on the edge and that most were > using in the .060+ range. Is this the prevailing > wisdom? > > Finally, is visually possible to determine what is 304 > and what is 321? > > I ask this as I am going over to a used parts race > shop and they just have a pile of exhaust pipe, no > rhyme or reason to the pile. Thus, if it really > didn't matter on the SS alloy I could just pick the > pipes I needed and hack and slash as necessary. > > Thanx!!! Many thanks to all who posted pics of their > coils and water pump surgeries!!!! > > -Scott > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html