Header wrap works GOOD!
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Header wrap works GOOD!
I intalled some header wrap on my rear exhaust pipes to keep my VBP composite spring cool and it works great! Took her out for a beat run and checked the heat coming off the pipes, the wrapped part was cool enough to touch as soon as I got back into the garage but the pipes right next to the wrap was hot as hell. I couldnt even touch them a little. Good stuff. 
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From: The Armpit of Illinois Platato says..... "Sometimes your the windshield & sometimes your the bug".
St. Jude Donor '05
I am seriously contemplating wrapping the entire exhaust sysytem of SHARK81. This is my rational, please chime in and let me know what you think.
1. This should eliminate most of the cabin heat
2. This should increase performance
STW!
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1. This should eliminate most of the cabin heat
2. This should increase performance
STW!
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Originally Posted by platato
I am seriously contemplating wrapping the entire exhaust sysytem of SHARK81. This is my rational, please chime in and let me know what you think.
1. This should eliminate most of the cabin heat
1. This should eliminate most of the cabin heat
2. This should increase performance
Another "benefit" of the header wrap is that it will tend to quiet your headers a little bit. Hard to explain, but you know how headers sound, right? The underhood noise? Well, the wrap will muffle that sound somewhat and make it sound, uh...more solid or less clangybangy under there. (Hope that makes sense.)
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I am a big fan of wrapped headers. I believe that no other method is better at isolatiing heat. Even after a hour on the expressways the headers still don't give off the heat wave when you open the hood at cruise nights. Mine have been wrapped for more then 10 years, the wrap is getting ratty but the headers are still good.
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
wrapped stainless...never a problem, only thing to worry about is that the wrap doesn't get soaked w/ oil and turns into a fuse. Use some silicone spray on it to keep oil from getting in.
