- 1. Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:13 -0500
- Anyone have any experience using exhaust wrap to reduce floor heat. I have installed floor heat shield, short headers and a new exhaust system, but there is still a lot of heat coming through the flo
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00024.html (6,619 bytes)
- 2. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick at High Tech Coatings" <rick@hightechcoatings.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:12:02 -0400
- One thing it will do is greatly decrease the life of the pipes The wrap holds a lot of heat in the steel and decarbonizes it so you end up with iron that's very brittle and just falls apart. It also
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00025.html (7,607 bytes)
- 3. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:28:22 -0500
- I have thought about the half moon shape to catch the heat. Is there a preferred material steel, aluminum, stainless that will help reduce the heat the best? This floor heat issue has been a big one
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00026.html (7,052 bytes)
- 4. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:32:04 -0500
- I had replaced the brake boot a while back, actually wrote an article about it in one of the Brickline issues. It has helped in that area. The floor near the transmission tunnel is the problem area n
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00027.html (7,816 bytes)
- 5. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:41:45 -0400
- Greg, Smoky Panepinto did an article for the magazine (with input from me, The Bricklin Boyz, and Kevin Hand), "Problems? No Problem - Too Much Heat?" a few years ago about this problem. (I think it
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00028.html (8,043 bytes)
- 6. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin D. Hand" <khand1486@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:55:19 -0700
- My insulation worked so well that I never put on the shielding that I had cut & shaped. Because of leg room issues I almost never wear shoes when driving my car. No heat gets past the insulation I pu
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00029.html (7,348 bytes)
- 7. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:00:48 -0500
- The ones that I purchased were for AMC. There are several manufacturers for short headers for the 351 Windsor. The AMC choices are pretty limited. Greg 0036
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00030.html (7,023 bytes)
- 8. Re: Exhaust Wrap (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Schroeder" <gschroeder@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:55:21 -0500
- Was this on the bottom of the car or on the inside? If on the bottom any issues with water or dirt? John Blair referred me to the article that I have not had a chance to locate yet. I installed a he
- /html/bricklin/2008-10/msg00031.html (6,805 bytes)
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