Header Wrap
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Header Wrap
I wrapped my $69 headers on my 390 4 years ago and they are still going strong. I'm glad nobody told me I couldn't do it.
The wrapping seems not to have caused rust and seems to have actually prevented it. Whats the deal, are the hi-temp coatings co.'s behind this contraversey? I wrapped with Thermo Tech 2"
wrap with 1/4" overlap like they said.
The wrapping seems not to have caused rust and seems to have actually prevented it. Whats the deal, are the hi-temp coatings co.'s behind this contraversey? I wrapped with Thermo Tech 2"
wrap with 1/4" overlap like they said.
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I'm glad to hear that! I wrapped one of mine just like that and noticed that the header got red hot on that one side, and that concerned me. I think the coating is just one other option and I have heard about the rusting out too fast, but you can't always go by one guys story.
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Maby it has somthing to do with running lean. I saw a picture of an engine on a test stand running red hot. When I looked
at my headers they had a thin coating of black soot ie: carbon on the inside. I could probably run leaner and hotter by changing the jets and set the timing back and burn a hole in a piston trying to get my headers red hot. Maby it works for me because the FE just runs colder.
Anybody with an FE ever tried this?
at my headers they had a thin coating of black soot ie: carbon on the inside. I could probably run leaner and hotter by changing the jets and set the timing back and burn a hole in a piston trying to get my headers red hot. Maby it works for me because the FE just runs colder.
Anybody with an FE ever tried this?
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