Turbo/ Header Wraps

[Grant Bessom]

I would not suggest the Wrap, go with a coating instead.  I have used the
wrap on two different cars.
Basically what happened is the pipes became brittle and the wrap also
trapped moisture.  I believe a v8 friend told me that the wrap basically
cooks the steel.  It is fine for drag cars but not street cars.  Sometimes
things that work well on the Strip are not a good idea on the street.  Also,
the first time you get too close to the wrapped pipe; one of two things will
happen.  Either you will tear it or you will itch for days because of its
fiberglass.

Go with a coating...

Maybe you could get just the inside coated.  I would think that would
eliminated "cooking the steel"

Peace

Grant B; 89 Ford E-350 box truck, 88.5 Samurai (stock), 86 Audi 5k turbo
quattro (not stock), 69 VW Beetle, (definitely not stock)



/Message: 15
/From: "jason snider" <jason_chad at hotmail.com>
/To: quattro at audifans.com
/Subject: Turbo/ Header Wraps
/Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 04:04:44 +0000

/Andybody here ever experiment with that stuff? I was just lookin through
the
/Summit catalog the other day and saw a few different wraps for turbos and
/headers. I'm eventually gonna do a 3" downpipe and wondered if that would
be
/worthwhile while I'm in there. Lower under-hood temps couldn't hurt I
spose.
/Thanks,
/Jason
/'86 5ktq