"Ball flange" on Walker exhaust.

[tinman_72]

Has anybody run Walker exhaust?

I bought all four pieces for my '93 2.3 and it looks like a nice OEM setup. The only thing is that the flange where the catalytic converter pipe meets the intermediate pipe doesn't look right to me. The converter end is flared like it should mate to a ball flange. The intermediate pipe has a flange welded to it but the pipe is not a ball flange. Just pipe cut straight off. I thought maybe the part accidentally skipped a part of the manufacturing process but that is the way all the pictures on the internet are.

How does it seal?

 

[ford4thot]

It looks like there should be a gasket of some kind that goes there. Like a bushing that gets squished when you tighten it together

 

[ford4thot]

Like this

 

[tinman_72]

Oh snap! You are right. The Walker online catalog does indeed show that it needs a donut gasket. I think that bites the big one. I've never had an exhaust leak at a flange on a Ford because they generally don't use donut gaskets.
Now I feel like I am downgrading my exhaust.

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[ford4thot]

No problem
My $250 MagnaFlow High Flow catalytic converters and $350 Gibson exhaust seal the same way...I'm sure it'll be fine