Re: The Rapp on exhaust

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> Now if you wrapped the whole exhaust system you are concentrating your
> blow torch on some of the more critical things like the bearings for the
> turbo and the oil, and minimizing or worse yet heat soaking things like
> antifreeze, head or turbo.....

Wrapping the ENTIRE exhaust system on a NON-turbo car can also cause a lot
of problems.  I did this once on my 4k and cracked the exhaust manifold in
3k miles; a friend did it on his '87 Mustang LX 5.0 and junked his headers
in less than a month.  In both cases, the metal itself became very brittle
and simply started to flake/crack near the head ... unless you're ready to
replace your manifold/headers on a frequent basis, like racers do, I think
you'd do well to start your wrapping at the cat or maybe the turbo and let
the GOBs play with all the NASCAR tricks.  :^)


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