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[Dwayneology]

Does That Exhaust wrap actually work i seen it on a full exhaust system in work once i could understand it be on the Manifold But the full exhaust

Are There Any Benifits Or Just A Waste Of Money????

[Oranoco]

There is a benefit as it keeps the heat in the exhaust gasses and as a result the gas speed is kept higher. Having said that I can't say how great an effect this will have, it's normally wrapped in an effort to keep under bonnet temps down a bit.

[hb69]

as oranoco says the purpose of heatwrapping manifolds is to retain the heat inside the exhaust, and reduce the underbonnet temperatures. i had thermotec heatwrap on my 4-2-1 manifold, when i had the cvh. i never noticed a difference to performance aside from the exhaust popping more.the reason i heatwrapped it was to prevent heatsoak to the starter motor, and for this purpose yes it did work.temperatures were lower. as for increasing performance then no i never noticed anything. i cant see much to be gained from wrapping any more than the manifold as thats the only part of the exhaust in the engine bay.

[p4blo]

As Oranoco said: Keeps the heat within the exhaust, more heat = less dense gas = faster moving. Tbh though you really only see full system wraps on big bhp cossies etc, and there are plenty of massive bhp cars that dont use it.

For the manifold and downpipe, yes, but not worth the money full the system.

[filtra]

I wrapped the downpipe part of my mongoose system on the FRST not for 'performance' just to try and give the starter motor a little more protection from being cooked.

[filtra]

As Oranoco said: Keeps the heat within the exhaust, more heat = less dense gas = faster moving. Tbh though you really only see full system wraps on big bhp cossies etc, and there are plenty of massive bhp cars that dont use it.

For the manifold and downpipe, yes, but not worth the money full the system.

Thats because they use cermic coated/lined manifolds and turbos etc...

[Dwayneology]

Cheers guys,

Has Helped out, Ive Got a 1992 fiesta Xr2i 16v but it's registered before

August 1992 So if i've done my research i should be able to de-cat the exhaust and get away with it for road use

so the exhaust wrap will go around the manifold only

BTW:The Car i seen this exhaust wrap on was a 1.4 MG ZR what a knob [/b]

[Dwayneology]

Cheers guys,

Has Helped out, Ive Got a 1992 fiesta Xr2i 16v but it's registered before

August 1992 So if i've done my research i should be able to de-cat the exhaust and get away with it for road use

so the exhaust wrap will go around the manifold only

BTW:The Car i seen this exhaust wrap on was a 1.4 MG ZR what a knob [/b]

[TIL13R]

Where is the best place to buy this wrap from?

Tiller

[Dwayneology]

http://www.proven-products.co.uk it seems to be really cheap on this website its under
-->products

then

--->MOTOR SPORT TYPE PARTS

then

---->Cooltek exhaust wrap

Hope that helps

[fiend]

How long does it take to wrap a full exhaust!?

..or is it done by machine instead of hand?

[Dwayneology]

I would say if you going to do the whole thing take the exhaust system off if you can,

that way you should be able to wrap the whole exhaust then without missing any parts,

But do what these guys have said to do only do the manifold

if you want to do the rest of the exhaust,

only do the part that is under the engine bay stoping the heat flowing up

not that much of that would float up when your driving anyway

[hb69]

How long does it take to wrap a full exhaust!?

..or is it done by machine instead of hand?

i dont think there would be tht much benefit to wrapping a full exhaust. just the manifold should be fine. it took me about an hour to do mine. while it was still on the car. theres a guide, in the guides section i think on how to wrap a manifold

[FezV6]

I wrapped my full system that recently came off my car. it was more for protection of the fuel/brake lines, hand brake cable and fuel tank than performance on the main pipe as the car had most of the underbody heat sheilds missing when I got it.

Obviously I wrapped the 4-1 aswell for performace reasons

[fiend]

I wrapped my full system that recently came off my car. it was more for protection of the fuel/brake lines, hand brake cable and fuel tank than performance on the main pipe as the car had most of the underbody heat sheilds missing when I got it.

Obviously I wrapped the 4-1 aswell for performace reasons

Notice any improvements?

[FezV6]

its difficult to say really, I fitted the 4-1 at the same time as I wrapped the exhaust, and yes, saw a good improvement in top end power and overall feel of how the engine ran. This will have been very little to do with the wrap though and a lot to do with the loss of the very poor ford manifold!

Sorry I cant be more help.

It looked pretty cool when there was a bit of rain though, the proper rally car style when I drove through a puddle and got the big cloud of steam come up!

[fiend]

It looked pretty cool when there was a bit of rain though, the proper rally car style when I drove through a puddle and got the big cloud of steam come up!

Hahaha, that's the only reason I want to do it!

[heeman10]

It looked pretty cool when there was a bit of rain though, the proper rally car style when I drove through a puddle and got the big cloud of steam come up!

Hahaha, that's the only reason I want to do it!

In that case, don't bother! If you leave it unwrapped it'll let the exhaust get hotter and won't protect it from the water the way the wrap will...so if all you want to do is drive through puddles to create steam, you'll save yourself time and money by leaving it off!

[Simon84uk]

My mate had it fitted to his XR2 on his ashley manifold and it made the manifold crack. He really hates the stuff now and thinks its a bad idea.

I'm still tempted to try it on mine tho just to see what its like.


Simon.

[heeman10]

My mate had it fitted to his XR2 on his ashley manifold and it made the manifold crack. He really hates the stuff now and thinks its a bad idea.

Exhaust wrap on mild steel will cause all sorts of problems. It holds water in, which rusts the steel and weakens the manifold over time.

[knuckles]

My mate had it fitted to his XR2 on his ashley manifold and it made the manifold crack. He really hates the stuff now and thinks its a bad idea.

Exhaust wrap on mild steel will cause all sorts of problems. It holds water in, which rusts the steel and weakens the manifold over time.

It says on that http://www.proven-products.co.uk website that its not suitable for cast iron manifolds as they may crack .....

So does that mean its no good for the Rs manifold ?