Exhaust wrap

[daddycreswell]

Can I and will it do me any good to wrap the part of my headers I can get to with engine in, and also wrap my exhaust pipes to curve the heat?

 

[rastiss]

It will help your headers rust out.

 

[Bluesclues73]

It will help your headers rust out.

This ^^^

A good friend ran exhaust wrap on a set of custom headers on his desert truck. Fast forward a few trips to Baja and a couple years later and he's now having a new set built. This time he's getting them ceramic coated, and using some reflective heat shield on the firewall and above the exhaust, under the cab.

- Eddie

 

[jim3326]

Go with stainless and it won't be an issue.

Jim W.

 

[bmc69]

It will help your headers rust out.

x10. Made that mistake.....once.

 

[TwoDalesDad]

There's a shop in Florida called High Tech Sales.....They sell an additive and they sell paint too. THEY SELL TO NASA FOR THE SHUTTLE'S....THIS ADDITIVE HELPS INSULATE...INSIDE OUTSIDE...SOUND DEADENER.....HEAT DETRACTER....UNDER THE BRONCO....ADD IT TO THE BEDLINEER ALSO....GREAT STUFF

 

[burntfish]

There's a shop in Florida called High Tech Sales.....They sell an additive and they sell paint too. THEY SELL TO NASA FOR THE SHUTTLE'S....THIS ADDITIVE HELPS INSULATE...INSIDE OUTSIDE...SOUND DEADENER.....HEAT DETRACTER....UNDER THE BRONCO....ADD IT TO THE BEDLINEER ALSO....GREAT STUFF

More info on this shop. Not getting anything with that name and product.

 

[sp71eb]

I have had my downpipe on my daily driver 01 VW Passat wrapped for about 4 years now. The pipe is stainless so no worries on rust. It does really cut down on the heat. I would say if you have stainless headers go ahead. If they are mild steel get them jet coated.

 

[nathan_1970]

There's a shop in Florida called High Tech Sales.....They sell an additive and they sell paint too. THEY SELL TO NASA FOR THE SHUTTLE'S....THIS ADDITIVE HELPS INSULATE...INSIDE OUTSIDE...SOUND DEADENER.....HEAT DETRACTER....UNDER THE BRONCO....ADD IT TO THE BEDLINEER ALSO....GREAT STUFF

Are you related to Papitt? ;D

 

[75junebug]

I would avoid wrapping. Not only does it accelerate corrosion, it can also stress crack welds and bends. I went with stainless/titanium coated for this last set of shorties.

 

[JohnJohn]

I have read mixed results but personalty I have not had any issues.
I wrapped a brand new un-coated set of steel headers in a daily driver Camaro and put 60,000 miles on them in year round weather with no issues at all before I sold the car.
I also used high temp paint on a rust pitted set of headers on a Bronco then warped them and also had no issues at all.
After wrapping a few sets I would never attempt to do it on a car. It sucks enough to wrap them off the car.

On the negative side I had a friend a few weeks ago wrap a new set of new coated headers on a Corvette. they turned red hot and the only thing that cured his issue was to remove the wrap. He had a new high performance motor so I have no clue if there were other factors involved.

Recently I had to buy different headers for my 77 to get them to clear my long arms and when I did I decided not to wrap the new coated duff headers because they looked so good.