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07-29-2004, 05:16 PM
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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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07-29-2004, 05:23 PM
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Re: thermal wrap?
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
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07-29-2004, 05:31 PM
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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.
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07-29-2004, 06:34 PM
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Re: thermal wrap?
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..
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07-29-2004, 07:19 PM
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Re: thermal wrap?
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
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07-29-2004, 08:48 PM
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Re: Re: thermal wrap?
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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
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07-29-2004, 09:03 PM
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Re: thermal wrap?
I vote ceramic coating. My header was only $120 to have it ceramic coated.
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07-29-2004, 11:16 PM
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Re: Re: thermal wrap?
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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