catback exhaust heat retention?

[auditude at get.net]

I was thinking some well-placed hose clamps, maybe quite a few of them, would
keep the wrap in it's place.

My primary concern would be something catching fire.  I won't be blazing any trails,
but if someone else has some BTDT, I'd give it a shot.

A coating of some sort would probably be safer than some kind of wrap.

Later,

Ken

On 27 Mar 2002 at 10:37, Dave Hord wrote:

>  >If we don't want our exhuast gas to lose heat and slow down in the
>  pipe,
> would
>  >it be beneficial to use some header wrap on the exhaust to keep the
>  heat in?
>
> Now _this_ is an interesting proposition! I've been wondering the same
> thing, although for a different reason.  I have removed all of the
> aluminum heat guards from the bottom of my car, from the centre
> muffler back. This was due to the fact that the heat guards didn't
> take to the rallying too well, and were falling off.  There is quite a
> bit of heat being passed onto the bottom of the trunk area (as evident
> by the way the dirt marks exibit 'heat cracks')
>
> If I could convince myself that header wrap would be a _performance_
> upgrade...then I'd be out there this weekend doing it!!
>
> -Dave
>
>