Is installing an exhaust wrap insulator to your whole exhaust system dangerous?
my ride is turbo charged btw :)
my ride is turbo charged btw :)
cos i read in some forums the thermal wrap increases your exhaust gas... therefor, wearing your headers and gaskets fasterDefine dangerous...and why would it be dangerous? Use only thermal wrap that is meant for exhaust then you wont have any dangerous encounter.
Not increase the exhaust gas. I think help extract exhaust gas, means faster movement out, but not sure if it helps since yours is turbo charged....cos i read in some forums the thermal wrap increases your exhaust gas... therefor, wearing your headers and gaskets faster
Dan, you mean after the extractor?recomended to wrap your exhaust pipings only. if u wrap yr headers there might be
possibility to crack.
yeah bro....for turbo application it will crack...if n/a should be ok kua.....Dan, you mean after the extractor?
Then the problem is more likely heat insulation on the vehicle instead of just the exhaust, no?is it okay if i just wrap the exhaust piping? im just doing this because my undercarriage seems to heat up until the point, that my legs could feel the heat...
agreed...Then the problem is more likely heat insulation on the vehicle instead of just the exhaust, no?
if i have budget (cant buy a big rooll at H.W shop/for Na use still ok) i will wrap all set pipe start from header..make sure all the welding done with filler (if S.steell) and enough flex/ free play at collector and mounting...if header flange is S.steel, some ppl have a prob with bent flange that will coz crack weld...if mild steel flange i dont see this prob...but may be it bcz bolt size and i more like to do just a square flange..no need to follow the gasket shape...if i wrap my exhaust starting from the downpipe to the muffler, and if rainwater touches it, will it have a negative effect?
woittt..if like that my Burner S.steell coil will always "putus-putus" loor....i dont think he have Japan GT race car...with or without wrap, (from the downpipe to the muffler) the piping will be wet during rain, esp malaysia style downpour.
make sure the wrapping is evenly done, same thickness, even overlap. Uneven wrapping tend to trap/dissipate heat differently, thus would cause cracks to the exhaust system due to dissimilar heat expansion.
Most wrap that I have seen are they wrap the headers only, not the pipes....recomended to wrap your exhaust pipings only. if u wrap yr headers there might be
possibility to crack.