im gona replace my starter motor and wrap my down pipe, which stuff should i use and how much should i need? can some1 post a link on ebay for the cheapish correct exhaust wrap for me

 

you dont want exhaust wrap on the starter, but aluminmised heat proof fibreglass tape. Look on demon tweeks website, it's about 20 quid.

 

thermo-tec do a new copper wrap, supposed to be even better then the old stuff




gonna wrap mine right the way back to back box

 

ive got one of these on my starter already, also got the original ford heat shield


but mine still suffers from heat soak, so gona wrap the down pipe, and ive got a smaller starter aswell from a 1.4 cvh

 

sorry, i miss read ur post. Any of the wraps will do for exhaust

 

did you say your considering wrapping back to the back box??lol-why ??

 

i dont do things half hearted

 

Yo, think this is the cheapest one on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...1237&rd=1&rd=1

And dont forget that u should spray it with heatressistant spraypaint, after youve fitted it, to make it last longer.

Cheers

 

i bought that cheap heatwrap and did my manifold with it, 3 months ago that was and its gone all brittle etc now- starting to break off in bits

 

i need to coat it

 

and u shouldnt do ur manifold!!!

 

mine will be ceramic coated and wrapped



including the manifold


why not wrap it? feild motorsport will be wrapping mine at his choice



my standard manifold was wrapped for years with no damage to it

 

I think it is placing unnecessary stress on the manifold. It's good for NA cars, where they are wanting to increase gas speeds to take advantage of scavenging from large duration camms. You don't have that kind of duration on a turbo car, and with big boost, you are unlikely to be able to fill the cylinders anymore.

THe exhaust gas temps on a turbo car are astronomical, by keeping this heat in, you are increasing the risk of both manifold and valve failure. Sprint car yes, road car no. I wrap the areas of the exhaust which run close to things like pipes or cables, to keep the heat away from them. Wrapping the downpipe works too. Wrapping anyfurther than half way is a waste of money - the gases will have cooled dramatically by then.

 

that told me





well i shall speak to feilds and basically do what ever they say to both manifold and exhaust

 

I'd be even more weary with a cracktastic tubular!

 

bugga i'll rip mine off then- it looked good at least