Heat shield advice

[ormiboy]

The heat sheild for my headers has started to rattle again, ive had this before and just bent it a little to cure it.

This time tho it wont go away. After reading the latest jap performance, the project phoenix was doing the same thing so they just removed it!

So is it alright to just remove it entirely?

Willie

 

[colin_ross]

I don't have any on my car but I have wrapped the headers to keep the heat down under the bonnet.

Just out of interest, what year of car do you have? I still have all of the old heat shields off of mine and you can have them if that helps. Not sure what compatablilty of different models would be like but mines off a classic.

[ormiboy]

Thanks mate. im running a my jdm 95. The only worry i had abouttaking them off is i can imagine the nice hot headers getting quenched if i hit a puddle and that cant be good for the headers.

ill have another go at the bending option but if that fails i might just pm you to maybe get your spare one off you.

thanks again.

i wish mine were wrapped !

 

 

[fai17]

You can take the heat shield of and wrap them up

[ormiboy]

How many pennies for wrap then?

Silly question but do i have to take the headers off to wrap them??

Cheers.

 

[colin_ross]

Budget for around £50 to buy the wrap and the ties.  You could do them in situ but you reeeeeeeeeeeeealy wouldn't want to. They stuff is very itchy to work with and doing it just above your head in a crampt and confined space would be an absolute nightmare.

If you split them from the up-pipe there's only 6 bolts that hold them on so it's a no brainer really.

[irish al]

Wrapped my first set of headers with dry wrap and it was very itchy

with all the fibres.

For the second set I dunked my heat wrap in a bucket of water. Made

them far easier to wrap with no annoying fibres. Also allowed me to get a

tighter wrap and it will probably of shrunk a little when it dried out making

it tighter again.

Al

[ormiboy]

Wrapped headders sounds like the way to go then, wish id known to wrap my up pipe when i was having that fitted.

hindsight and all that

Looks like ill be adding wrap to the very long list im writing.

roll on the sale of my house.

ta for the info lads.

cheers

willie

[higgy]

Remove and wrap is the answer....................... Or get some nice shiney headers.........................ok

Oh and wrap them to.

 

 

 

Higgy

[scoobyvalet]

hose clips are a good option for rattling header heat sheilds...either cut a couple of slots and thread through as to catch one half of sheild and pipe...or wrap right round sheild and clamp as tight as poss...