Hi all I recently acquired some gt headers and I want to wrap them up does anyone have any suggestions on how much I'll need and what size shall I get 1" 2" and can anyone confirm that I can keep the undertray with the gt spec 2 headers



Regards

Dave

 

two rolls of 2in will do the job. The undertray will phisically fit on with the headers. There very very close. I had to remove mine as it started to melt

 

Wrapped mine at weekend. Used stainless lock wire too. Took near enough a whole roll of wire do do my oem headers, uppipe and prodrive downpipe. Allow a good few hours and wear some good thick latex gloves if using lockwire to try and save your hands.

 

Dampening the wrap will make it more pliable bit don't saturate it as it has a detrimental effect. also as it dries it will shrink slightly so giving a tighter fit

 

I wrapped my down pipe but you get the idea used the 2" wrapp and soaked it in water first helped a lot advised by a WRC mechanic

 

 

got 50ft of DEI titanium heat wrap to do mine
managed to wrap my headers and up-pipe


wiley

 

Cheers for the replys lads I've used the awfull stuff before itches like mad Ill use the water idea though so do I soke it or not ?

Wiley it looks like I might need a bit more I want to try and wrap each tube separate I think this might work better maybe I'm wrong maybe 50ft will be enough I suppose I could always start with 50ft does the colour play a part or is it for aesthetic purpose only

Regards

Dave

 

color is just for show, but does look the business
be sure to see how much room there is between the headers and the u frame on the chassis. mine had to be cut, so the headers would clear when its hot (can expand up to 10mm)

wiley

 

Cutting I can't picture what our saying

 

My advice would be hunt out a post by a bloke called harvey (sadly no longer with us) .... its either on here or 22b.com, cant remember, but he was a complete legend, down to earth and extremey helpful! I bought bits from him and have used (and heard of big name garages), using his how to thread as the standard!

Think the jist is that you shouldnt get it too wet, ideally just spray lightly as you go, or it gets too tight when it dries out and doesnt last the time. Get some lockwre pliers and stick a tie round every 2-3 inches or so as you wrap themup from cylinders to collector.

Also (wiley, not knocking your work), but ideally you want to wrap each branch individually up to the collector as it manages the heat in the manifold better. It takes a bitmore time but not difficult.

The up pipe is harvey wrapped and i copied it on the manifold! In the pic theres not enough lockwire ties as i was running short of wire(did later), so bung on easily twice as much.

 

P.S. most important bit, buy good wrap! scrimping will save a few quid but in the long run it'll make a few years difference!

Speak to Alyn at ASperformance, he'll see you right.

 

Cheers for that that's the finish I want it looks a lot neater I'm fussy like that no offence wiley either you help is appreciated

Do you remeber how much you used to cover the manifold and do you recon I can get everything from asperformance wire pliers and wrap


Regards

Dave

 

You probably can yes. See if you can find that thread so you know what wrap your after when you call.

I got my pliers and wire a while ago from tweeks as theyre local, item numbers AK2092 and 1080800.

 

the pliers are sealey which is good as im a sealey dealer ill try and find that thread dunno if ill have much luck pretty rubbish at finding stuff

 

I've sat and watched Harvey do wrapping as we talked, he reckoned to use the stitching in the DEI stuff as an overlap marker and always put the wires so that they were ALSO over the overlap, if you see what I mean.

He said not to soak it, but just use a mister to spray it, or briefly splash it under a softly running tap.