Phildodd06

Im going 2 order my heat wrap for my headers, i was thinking of heat wraping my down pipe off the turbo,

would this be ok?
Do ppl do it?
Or do ppl just leave it and do the headers only?

Cheers.

M444GY

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you can wrap away mate . there was a tread on here about wrapping standard headers the other day . im gonna do mine . and wrap from the turbo back aswell it will be fine .


some people say not to wrap standard headers as they crack but alot of people have donr it and they have been fine

Phildodd06

Ok cheers for that mate, how much do you think ill need 2 wrap the headers and the down pipe?

50 foot? 100 foot?

gaz-cole

i wrapped my down pipe and the difference is like night and day, as the heat that used to come from it before was intense

Ads78

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Can someone point me in the direction of some heat wrap, please?

Nolan_WRX

iTrader: (3)

Do you think this can be done with it on the car?
or is a definate off the car job?

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

ebay for the wrap dude .

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

off the car would be easier mate

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I just got 30m from Think Automotive for this very job over the bank holiday. They do a cheaper one that doesn't have the glue in it for £1.68 a metre. Did my old Scoob a treat, so I got the same again.

Phildodd06

Off ebay mate, its cheep enough

Best 2 remove them from the car, also while there off, you might wanna port and flow them a bit, im going to.

Phildodd06

Just bought 30 meters off ebay for £42 delivered

fabulous555

Ive done it to mine as i run an uprated topmount and its certainly done some good.

Phildodd06

I hav emy headers & down pipe off now, gonna start to port them at work next week in my lunch.

Is there really a noticable diffrence?

marv wrx

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sorry to hijack thie thread...but could some 1 tell me wha the benefits of wrapping ...got my headers & down pipe off at the mo,so if it's worth it i'll do it before they go back on

Ian

iTrader: (10)

some of the cheap wrap, will go hard and fall off. this stuff is very good, and used my Zen performance etc etc

Exhaust Wrap Xtreme & Xskin

Phildodd06

also is it safe 2 grind the mountains off that the heat sheilds were fixed to?

Phildodd06

I started flowing them today, took me about an hour 2 flow 1 piece and cut the heat sheild mountains off.

Phildodd06

Well 2 weeks after starting them, they are now ready to go back on, i wraped the last piece today, going to wait for it to dry and go hard, then hopefully ill fit it all back on either tomorrow or monday.

Just in time for the Jap show on at Pod nxt wknd

Ian

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sounds good m8, got any pics of your work?

Phildodd06

Heres some i took after porting them






Ill get some more of them wraped later.

Clarkie172

I have got a sports cat/decat/centre section waiting to be fitted. Is it really worth me doing anything to them while off the car?

Phildodd06

Yea it wont hurt to smooth off the liped edge.
Turn the step into a slop, it helps the gas flow that bit easyer.

Phildodd06

Here's some pics of them back on the car...

Phildodd06

Just wanna ask, is it normal for them to smoke there nut's off, as when i went for a test drive, smoke was bellowing off them, and now they have gone a burnt brown colour....

Ian

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i think it is with some wrap

TimH

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Did you notice any difference to the way the car drove?

Phildodd06

TBH i didnt notice a geat deal of diffrence, i wasnt expecting any noticable diffrence tho.

Altho what i did notice was in mid range it picks up quicker, well at least i think it does, could be the plazebo affect.....

Ill soon see at pod this sunday, see if i can beat my 13 flat!