thermal wrap?

ok i know its the wrong place for this but no one goes in the probe forum. so wat are your opinions and experiences with thermal wraping your downpipes/headers and turbine sides of turbos.. i jsut wana keep my enging bay cooler.. any side effects of this and good and bad aspects of this. thanks.
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thermal wrap = good

the downside is that it keeps all the heat in, which can decrease the life of the metal that the downpipe/headers are made of.

i have my downpipe painted and wrapped... and you can touch the pipe after it's been idleing for a while.

there's just nasty smoke when it's first put on (baking solid)

but a cooler engine bay always = good

The fact that it keeps the exaust hot is a very good thing. However wraps can be very dangerous especially on the exaust manifold since the temperatures experienced by the metals are much higher.


What I would recomend instead is to take your exaust manifold port and polish it then send it to be ceramic coated on the inside.

ok this is what i got 3m scotch 27 glass cloth electrical tape class b insulator, operates ar 130degrees C.. can i use that or dont bother with it..
thanks
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depending on how many miles your car has on it, it might not matter that the metal might go a little sooner.

but aside from that part, the only real downside is the horrible stank when the stuff is melting onto the metal

ok this is what i got 3m scotch 27 glass cloth electrical tape class b insulator, operates ar 130degrees C.. can i use that or dont bother with it..
thanks
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no no no...130C that way to little, it will melt in no time.


This is the proper way to do stuff:

http://users2.ev1.net/~subaru/evo_web/evo_exhaust.htm


and if you look at the prices its not too bad

I vote ceramic coating. My header was only $120 to have it ceramic coated.

hey thanks alot for the info but does anyone know if their is a wrap that sells that with stands more heat then the one that i have and where can i get it? thanks, also can i use this wrap to wrap my intake piping or will that just make the air hotter? thanks
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