Thread: Thermal Header Wrap
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05-11-2005 06:58 PM #1
Thermal Header Wrap
Just got thermal "boots" for my spark plug wires because my headers were cooking my wires. I wanna get thermal header wrap to keep the temps down in my engine compartment.
I know bikers use thermal wrap so they don't burn their legs, but have any of you rodders used it? Good or bad idea?pimpin ain't easy
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05-11-2005 07:16 PM #2
PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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05-11-2005 08:24 PM #3
i was looking at making a set of laker style headers and sweep them downward from scratch,using a heavier gauge pipe and then wrapping the entire nit with black heatwrap to finish them off . i have seen some bikes with the black wrapping and they looked pretty good.
either that or use some kind of home finish that would not easily burn off.
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05-12-2005 05:41 PM #4
Works well on uncoated headers, does trap moisture if you get the cheap stuff so it may rust thru on a car thats not driven every day. Have also heard a bit about the tendancy for welds to fail prematurely.
Best thing goin is getting a new set of pipes, have em ceramic coated inside and out. Keeps the temps down & if you still have heat issues you can wrap them w/o damaging the header.
The easiest way to wrap is to take me out, doin em on the engine is a royal pita.I dig ALL cars, old & new, whether they were hammered out of american iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just my opinion.
Thanks guys! One more trip around the sun completed. Lots of blessings and things to be thankful for (like still being able to type this message!!) Here's to us "over 70 guys.." Glenn
HBD Glenn!!