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Old 15 May 2008 | 07:40 PM
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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?

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Old 15 May 2008 | 07:44 PM
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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
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Ok cheers for that mate, how much do you think ill need 2 wrap the headers and the down pipe?

50 foot? 100 foot?
Old 15 May 2008 | 08:00 PM
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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
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Can someone point me in the direction of some heat wrap, please?
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Do you think this can be done with it on the car?
or is a definate off the car job?
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ebay for the wrap dude .
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Originally Posted by Nolan_WRX
Do you think this can be done with it on the car?
or is a definate off the car job?
off the car would be easier mate
Old 15 May 2008 | 10:16 PM
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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.
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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.
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Just bought 30 meters off ebay for £42 delivered
Old 16 May 2008 | 10:20 AM
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Ive done it to mine as i run an uprated topmount and its certainly done some good.
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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?
Old 31 May 2008 | 08:45 PM
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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
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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
Old 01 June 2008 | 11:39 AM
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also is it safe 2 grind the mountains off that the heat sheilds were fixed to?
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I started flowing them today, took me about an hour 2 flow 1 piece and cut the heat sheild mountains off.
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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
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sounds good m8, got any pics of your work?
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Heres some i took after porting them






Ill get some more of them wraped later.
Old 15 June 2008 | 10:36 AM
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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?
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Yea it wont hurt to smooth off the liped edge.
Turn the step into a slop, it helps the gas flow that bit easyer.
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Here's some pics of them back on the car...






Old 15 June 2008 | 06:22 PM
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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....
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i think it is with some wrap
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Originally Posted by Phildodd06
...when i went for a test drive...
Did you notice any difference to the way the car drove?
Old 16 June 2008 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by tim hardisty
Did you notice any difference to the way the car drove?
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!
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