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Wrapped Downpipe
Topic Started: Apr 8 2007, 05:47 PM (530 Views)
paullen
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Paul Lennox
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It gets pretty warm in my car in the summer! The air con struggles to keep it cool! I guess a huge FMIC in front of the air con rad doesn't help :rolleyes:

So I wrapped my down pipe and de-cat today. It was pretty easy (a bit fiddly) to do, but took AGES! I also wrapped a small section of my FMIC hot pipe, as it drops right in front of the intake :evil: There isn't any room for a cold air feed either :frown: Unless I take the headlight out :D

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Nice work Paul. Should certainly help with temps.
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Stevey
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I could do with doing that some time , Without my aircon It can get very hot in the car :rolleyes:
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Well if you want a hand...ask someone else, it took bnloody ages :P Na only kidding. Here is my reply on the SXOC

Well its cooler inside the car already. It was a warm day today and it was MUCH cooler than thursday when I went for a spin. No change in performance, but I removed the heatshields, one of which was touching the exhaust on acceleration. WOW what a difference, the car is soooo much quieter and silky smooth.

Well worth doing IMO. Just got to give the manifold some thought.
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Harvey
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Sweet, nice one Paul.

I might consider doing my starlet like this in the future. Damn turbo's making heat :lol:
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Did you dampen the wrap to make it easier to wrap? Also what about protective paint?
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What wrap did you use Paul? Thickness/make etc etc? A pretty good mod IMHO. The fannimould is going to be an interesting challenge for you I expect :thumbsup:


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I just wrapped my mani last night

Used thermo tec gen II copper stuff, 2" wide, then sprayed a hi-heat coating paint to protect it from oil and road grime!

Man it smoked for about 5 mins when i started it up!
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When I did my Scooby went and got some petrol at Tesco’s pulled up at the pump and everyone there shat their self’s because the wrap was smoking so much they were thinking that it was on fire, I was thinking the same for a second.
IT WAS :rofl: <_<
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DNACARS
Jun 25 2007, 01:07 PM
When I did my Scooby went and got some petrol at Tesco’s pulled up at the pump and everyone there shat their self’s because the wrap was smoking so much they were thinking that it was on fire, I was thinking the same for a second.
IT WAS  :rofl:  <_<

Oh dear :o that just made me have second thoughts about doing mine :wtf:
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Its ok, it just smokes the first time you heat it up for about 5mins, then it goes away!
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that looks gd, where did u get the heat wrap from
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Hope that's not mild steel!
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iv thought a few time about wraping my exhaust up but not keen on the problems it can cause, just make sure the meatl is clean when you put it on ;)
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Its corrosion on mild steel that I would worry about, and cracking due to heat build up on either mild or stainless steel. I have seen a few expensive pipes crack :(
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My stainless-steel downpipe cracked within about 3 months and I had it wrapped. Got it replaced with the same (well not the same but the same design from the same company) and left it un-wrapped and its been fine for ages. I dont think i'll wrap one again but loads of other people do it without problems.
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Mine is stainless and its holding up fine.

It is a nice thick guage and very well built. I have no idea what wrap I used, I just bought it from apex performance.
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