Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
I blew out my HD Atlee muffler recently and broke an exhaust pipe last summer at Johnson Creek. I decided to replace the entire exhaust system with the Sutton system. Harder to remove the old system than to install the new one in my opinion since you have to swing the engine and twist and pry the pipes out of the muffler. Removed all of the cowling including the lower cowl rails. I cut the tail pipe off on my chop saw to get a square cut and took the remaining section of pipe to my friend down the road with a muffler shop and had him swedged it until it fit over the tail pipe snug. I don't know haw people get the lower cowl on with a one piece tail pipe. I got the pin clamp from Suttons. They sell the two piece tail pipe system with either a straight pipe or curved. I bought my system unused from a friend so I didn't have that option. It does have the heat ribbons which will probably be overkill in Texas.
I assembled the system loosely and then installed on the engine and tightened up the clamps. There is an air pickup on the front of the muffler so I used my 1 7/8" Greeley punch and installed the pickup provided with the system in my front baffle.
I have an old lower cowl skin with a large hole where the tailpipe goes. Once the system is installed and torqued I install this lower skin and use tape to mark around my tail pipe hole, drill and rotary file to size.
I had to remove the inlet scoop on the bottom of the cowl that fed fresh air into the front pipe shroud and patched the hole. I did have to grind some of the right lower cowl rail edge to keep from rubbing the #1 exhaust pipe into the muffler.
I assembled the system loosely and then installed on the engine and tightened up the clamps. There is an air pickup on the front of the muffler so I used my 1 7/8" Greeley punch and installed the pickup provided with the system in my front baffle.
I have an old lower cowl skin with a large hole where the tailpipe goes. Once the system is installed and torqued I install this lower skin and use tape to mark around my tail pipe hole, drill and rotary file to size.
I had to remove the inlet scoop on the bottom of the cowl that fed fresh air into the front pipe shroud and patched the hole. I did have to grind some of the right lower cowl rail edge to keep from rubbing the #1 exhaust pipe into the muffler.