i know this gets asked alot but cant remember the answer

i have a tubular manifold and the heat it generates is causing my bonnet to blister up

is it recomended to heat wrap the manifold or not?

as i have seen a few cars lately some with some without

thanks


gus

 

I had it on an exhaust of mine mate and never had any problems with it.

But never really tested it against my rst with out it so can not offer any concrete yes or no


Mike

 

I have done this on mine.

Works well, keeps temps down.

manifold retains more heat which is transfered into the head. Especially when the car is switched off.

If you go this route an electric water pump on a timer would be advisable, keeps water running after engine is switched off for a couple of minutes..

 

there was something about it causing damage to the turbo, cant remember what or why thou. mine should be generating a fair bit of heat with the als and all

 

it does keep the heat away from the leads and that aswll

 

Do a search as there was a discussion on this many wks ago involving Karl norris et al, i think the conclusion was dont wrap turbo but you can the manifold and down pipe, do that search tho 1st

 

if u find it can you post up the link cause I was thinking about doing this on my cossie

 

i wouldnt know how if did sorry dude but i suck on this and me 13 old boy is out, boy genius

 

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...ight=heat+wrap

this is the longest one

 

Here is another one if you feel like reading
http://www.centuryperformance.com/heatwraps.asp

 

Lag everything BUT the turbo and manifold by the sounds of it. A lot of reading for you.