Re: The Rapp on exhaust

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In a message dated 95-10-20 13:22:01 EDT, you write:

>To gain some of the benefits of wrapping the exhaust, but avoid helping to
>cook the turbo, would it make sense to wrap from the cat to the tailpipe?

Yes, but your gains are better between the turbo and the cat.....  After that
your gains are good but not as good as b4......  I don't think you are going
to cook the turbo by putting wrap on the downpipe. your heat dissepation
there is not as high as you would think.....  I would avoid
wrapping/insulating anything b4/at the turbo tho.
>
>I did notice some exhaust wrap in JC Whitney.  It seems as if it would be
>fairly simple to do using hose clamps every foot or so to hold it in place.
>
That's the stuff to use, hose clamps and/or stainless wire will work.....
 Once it heat cycles a few times it stiffens up a bit.......


Scott