All in all, a very pleasant experience, and a real pleasure to work with
a guy that's so knowledgeable. In answer to questions, Steve went on at
great length about the metallurgy behind the work, and the reasons
exhaust systems fail. (Incidentally, he said that the best thing that
EVER happened to their business was everyone running "lean of peak" and
driving their EGTs up above 1500 degrees. As temperatures approach 1600
degrees, the metal simply starts to fail, and you end up saving pennies
on gas, and blowing dollars on exhaust systems.)

Yeah...he's really knowledgeable....on myths and legends.

Well, I suspect what he *means* is that people are leaning incorrectly in
attempting to run LOP, and/or they are trying to run LOP with carbureted
engines. Everyone is trying to save fuel nowadays, with avgas so high, and
people are simply cooking their exhausts systems in the process.

Steve has no reason to lie (in fact, he has every reason to say just the
opposite!) -- and, as sales manager of the largest exhaust shop in the
world, I suspect he has figured out where his customers are coming from.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"