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SSI's on Ebay
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11-07-2001, 08:03 PM
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It could be a good deal. You can get these for the low end of $800 if you shop around. These alway seem like a great opportunity until the last 15 seconds when everybody starts sniping and before you know it the price is so close to new, its not a good deal anymore. Bid you reserve, I would say $5-600, and leave it.
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11-07-2001, 08:12 PM
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I have been thinking about a set of Bursch Headers. I can get by without the heat here in Louisiana.
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11-07-2001, 08:46 PM
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Now you all leave this one alone. I need to get a set of heat exchangers, and I figured that these would be good.
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11-08-2001, 04:35 AM
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While those heat exchangers may be stainless steel, I don't believe they are SSI's. SSI's only have two thru the exchanger holes to reach the exhaust studs and not the three in the picture. They only have two due to the fact that SSI's have equal length headers inside the exchanger.
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11-08-2001, 05:32 AM
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These heat exchangers appear to be later factory replacements. I believe sometime in the late '70s Porsche started selling the early replacement heat exchangers made with stainless sheet metal. I don't know if the internal exhaust pipe was stainless. Yes it appears that these exchangers have the thicker exhaust flanges.
I don't know about that big ding in the passenger side heat exchanger. I have a set in good shape on a motor in the garage. I'll check. Presently, I don't believe the clearance for an oil line story. If indeed these are the replacement heat exchangers from Porsche, I believe that the drivers side will show where an additional sheet metal box was attached just before the outlet on the drivers side. This box was to provide warm-up air for the MFI equipped '72 & '73 cars. Thus Porsche would only have to stock one heat exchanger for the drivers' side. Heat exchangers from SSI are minus the access hole for servicing the middle flange nuts on one side of the motor. I have been told this is because all of the header pipes are of equal length. I've never cut one apart to find out. Good luck, David Duffield [This message has been edited by old_porsche (edited 11-08-2001).] [This message has been edited by old_porsche (edited 11-08-2001).] |
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11-08-2001, 06:01 AM
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Hey guys
They look like SSI's to me. The right exchanger appears to have only two access holes, ala SSI. On SSI's, only the right exchanger has two holes- the left one has three. The dent issue is a common problem with these SSI exchangers. The area leading up to the opening for the heater hose is a bit puffier than OEM which often leads to interference issues with the metal oil line. On some cars, you can loosen the metal oil line at the crankcase and rotate it, to gain a little extra room and fit the SSI- on others, you have to dent the exchanger to make it fit.
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