I've talked to several folks about heat wrapping (whatever its called) my aftermarket downpipe when I get it. They said wrapping your DP may rust/crack it because it keep the mosture in...espeically in humid places. What is ya'lls take on this? Thanks in advance.
Heat wrap it! No doubt about it. I ran mine without wrap, then popped the hood, and the underhood temps were unbelievable. After wrapping it, underhood temps dropped bigtime which is crucial with a TMIC. As far as the rust issue, i have not had a problem with that at all. Hope this helps man.
Or you can CC it That is my personal preference, we'll be signing a new poweder coating / ceramic coating vendor soon, so you can wait till he's onboard. His pricing will be excellent!
nice Alex! yeah i won't be putting the TBE on until i get back in May anyways. i'll stand by and keep my eyes out for this vendor. If not, I guess I'll wrap the SOB.
I agree with both the above, or for the ultimate win you can do both, Cermanic Coat that pipe, then wrap with the thermal wrap. That is what I plan to do at some point when I have money again.
:werd: I hear yah haha, at some point I will pull the DP, headers, and have it all CC in black. I want to CC the exhaust all the way back to the tip for the sleakness factor. There should be so much less heat :sx:
CC is great, but wrapping works QUITE well also. I wouldn't worry too much about the rust - remember, that thing gets 600+ degrees every time you run it, it dries it out pretty fast I haven't seen one rust yet... If they're stainless, they shouldn't. SS
I have wrapped a number of DPs and on mine I ended up painting the wrap with some 2000 deg paint to act as a sealer. Note that with wrapped headers you need to be real careful when adding oil. Dropping oil on wrapped headers is a easy way to test out your in-car fire extinguisher (or lack there of).
Speaking of fire.. how many of you keep a fire extinguisher in your car? I just picked one up the other day myself, not sure why I hadn't before since they're not very expensive.
ditto, with all the meth, race gas, and the fact that "I" do alot of the work on my car I need to invest. lol
haha yeah hopefully matt (redefinedwrx) will give us some deals on ceramic coating and powder coating
I don't quite feel the need for the Fire Extinguisher in the car right now, I don't drive a Corvair. Once I make the plunge into the Meth Addiction, then that will change, but it will most likely be mounted on the floor of the front passenger compartment, just like the rally car. I even found a nice Prodrive Fire Extinguisher.
Back on wraps... I was doing some reading, and noticed you can buy exhaust wrap silicone sealant from DHI. Guess that'd mostly eliminate the risk of oil soaking into the wrap and burnination. Now that I'm back to TMIC, starting to think about these things. Also, anybody running a turbo wrap/blanket?
yes it does and does not eliminate oil soaking. Its not as thick as you would like. what i would do is get it hot-jet coated! Turbo wrap/blanket over the turbo will cut down on air temp and it will cold down your turbo faster!
does anyone know where i could get some heat wrap locally? if not maybe a good online vendor i could get it from quickly. tbe is coming in tomorrow, and totally forgot about the option of either coating/wrapping it.
If you cannot find any locally, ebay has some wholesalers on there. I think actually SOG may sell some (I vaguely remember seeing it in one of their "display" cases by parts...I think).
cool i'll definitley check those places out. would i be looking for anything in particular or just ask for heat wrap? i know staticx has the dp wrap for 65 and a vf39 turbo wrap for 35. not sure if there product is any different than whats in autozone or the local stores. i need to hit up SoG to talk to scott anyways so i ll see if they have any, Thanks! Shawn
https://www.staticxmotorsports.com/productcart/pc/viewCat_h.asp?idCategory=24 yeah i guess you could call the turbo wrap a blanket like moose just put on. obviously the wrap and blanket being different materials and all...just wonder if anyone has it for any cheaper with the same quality...
Thanks for the link STiLLsLow. I'll probably be getting a wrap, blanket, and grounding kit from them.
no problem man, but i found a bette deal. comes with the turbo blanket AND header/dp wrap and LOTS of it for cheaper. called them today and they have it instock, i should be getting mine in tuesday. http://www.speedzone24-7.com/item-detail.cfm?ID=15001 http://www.iwsti.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34409 If anyone wants to split the cost with me they can use half the material. im only doin the dp and turbo right now, should have PLENTY left over.
i keep an extinguisher in my car not so much because I'm worried about me, but more the other guy. i was in the staging lanes at Commerce when the classic Cadillac next to me caught fire in the engine. If you've been to Commerce, you know those staging lanes are crowded & there's nowhere to go. The guy was trying to beat it out when someone threw me an extinguisher from the other side of the fence and i put it out. I decided there that I would always have my own.