Within 5 minutes of running the engine, the lovely zinc plating started peeling off.
I had rebuilt an old Craftsman tiller with a 5 horse Briggs and added an Arnold® M-110 "sausage"/"hot dog" muffler along with a 45° pipe elbow.
It discolored a bit (as expected) but started flaking in the first 5 minutes of run time, some of it from the inside too as it was blown out with the exhaust. I guess this is what Made in China gets you.
I know these were designed to screw right into the exhaust port but maybe if it was installed further downstream at the end of a 10-11" pipe, it might have remained purty. Functionally it's still ok, but it's just a bummer.
I had rebuilt an old Craftsman tiller with a 5 horse Briggs and added an Arnold® M-110 "sausage"/"hot dog" muffler along with a 45° pipe elbow.
It discolored a bit (as expected) but started flaking in the first 5 minutes of run time, some of it from the inside too as it was blown out with the exhaust. I guess this is what Made in China gets you.
I know these were designed to screw right into the exhaust port but maybe if it was installed further downstream at the end of a 10-11" pipe, it might have remained purty. Functionally it's still ok, but it's just a bummer.