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Original 400 4 exhaust
Laverda Dave:
Here we go, I found the original post by Nurse Julie..........
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,31144.msg299923.html#msg299923
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The stupid UK Environmental Laws put my best mates profitable firm out of business, he sold the manufacturing process to India if iirc.
It all hinged around the waste/effluent water from the plant that contained something like 5.5 ppm of Iron when the legal limit was under 4 ppm. The plant used water from a reservoir within the grounds of the plant site that was fed by a ground spring with 7.5 ppm of Iron from the spring. The only way to meet the regulations would have been to have water supplied by STWA who wanted something like £200k to install a suitably sized pipeline. So as well as forking out the cost of a pipeline instead of free water they would have had a metered supply to pay for. As all the directors were all over 60 they sold the site for just over £3.1 million making the staff redundant in an area of high unemployment.
Now India is the effluent pipe with little or no controls.
PS He isn't a millionaire though as there were quite a few shareholders - he is what I would describe as comfortable in his retirement.
ozzybud:
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Whilst it is always nice to have an original set the DSS replica set is pretty good and a lot cheaper than a re-chrome.
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The last thing I heard is that the DSS replica is not prone to blueing so maybe they are double skinned? Is it correct that new environmental laws have put the price of chroming through the roof?
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I bought a DSS reproduction for my 400f for my restoration. I understood they would blue right away. I have put over 500 miles on them since spring and they are absolutely beautiful. Zero amber or blueing to speak of.
In the meantime I had my original downpipes re-chromed at a place in California for $450. I am not going to put them on and might consider selling them.
Athame57:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on November 03, 2024, 08:58:53 PM ---Here we go, I found the original post by Nurse Julie..........
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,31144.msg299923.html#msg299923
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Didn't work mate! ;D
Bryanj:
Just worked for me
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