ADVICE PLEASE

[mick_weatherill]

Ive just completed the last peice of my decat .

Ive just fitted the downpipe .Can anyone tell me What they put on as a heat sheald ??

Ive put back the one that fits around the turbo But nothing on the pipe itself.

Do you wrap the pipe in something ??(If so what?)

Or do you put something on the bulkhead covering the clutch and brake pipes?? (If so What)

And where can i get it???

If i left it what damage would it do if any??

 

[mick_weatherill]

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[mick_weatherill]

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[The Guru]

Hi Mick, Jon and I have our rally car headers and downpipe lagged ( wrapped ). It is best to keep as much heat in the exhaust system as possible so the gasses flow faster, this means better spool up and hot gasses flow quicker, plus on the rally car if we need to do anything under the bonnet in the service area between stages it is nowhere near as hot and dangerous.

It does help to keep the under bonnet temps down.

As for a thermo heat wrap on the master cylinder or brake lines it would be a bit overkill on a road car and not really needed as you are not at maximum attack all the time, plus it is a costly mod.

On the rally car we do suffer with the power steering boiling, we need to lag our PS lines to help combat this, again on a road car not necessary.

It might be worth you putting some alloy reflective s/a tape around the left side of the intercooler ( above the turbo ) to reflect the heat away from the IC, I have some if you would like to borrow any.

Failing that, catch up with Jon or I at some stage and we will help if we can.

If you need any of the products to do those jobs, I can give you contacts on where to buy them!

I pass your house every day on the way to work, so I might stop by if your cars is there and help!

 

Hope this helps.

 

Arron.

[mick_weatherill]

Thanks Arron For the good advice [Y]

My main  worry was the clutch and brake pipes and the car body being so close to the red hot exhaust .[li]

If my car is there by all means stop for a chat.[C]

 what time do you pass my house ?

[The Guru]

I will be passing later this afternoon, I have to go to an engineering firm up the road from you to collect something for the rallycar.

If your in I'll stop by.

 

Arron.

[tony_cousins]

As Arron says lag it and lose the sheilds altogether [Y]

Iirc a roll of 2 " lagging is about £45 for 50 mtrs

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