[dmeray1]

Read all 8 pages and I am so confused. Recap?
1. Black wrap fades and will come off on your hands during installation.
2. If you "paint" the wrap with hi temp paint, it will fade?
3. Is the silicon "seal" required and if you do that how does the paint stick?
4. Grind or not to grind of the shield mounts? I say grind.
5. Is there silver wrap or was it painted silver?

I am going to do this when I install my high flow cat. So I need to have all of the materials ready to go.
Dan

 

[dmeray1]

There are 25 pages...

Looks like the only one's that fade are the panted versions. High temp paint will burn off or flake if you dont prep the surface right. Not the silicone seal isnt required, if you soak the wrap in water and wrap it tight you shouldnt need it.

White or black wrap. Silver was painted on.

I want to know more about the grinding...

FYI...there are 8 pages if you change the posts per page in your user setups...Still the same numb of posts....over 300!

 

[dmeray1]

I just ordered the stuff to do mine, I went with the black.

Who grided their heat shiled tabs off?

Cookieman....any progress?

 

[dmeray1]

I just found out that DEI has a new header wrap product called their "Titanium" series. It is more pliable and does not require sealing plus it looks cool. I ordered some this morning and will install it next week along with my new Jay Racing HFC. I will take some photos of the installation. Take a look here: http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=95

PM me if interested. Dan

 

[dmeray1]

Getting ready to wrap my header....ordered the DEI Titanium wrap. I will take some photos. I have a couple of questions for those who have already removed the header.
1. What is the best method of breaking the header bolts loose? Engine hot? Engine cold? Heat the bolts?
2. Is there a gasket between the header and head? Can it be reused?
3. What is the torque for the header bolts when I reinstall them?
4. What size stainless steel hose clamp should be used? What is the size of the header tubes?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[dmeray1]

Getting ready to wrap my header....ordered the DEI Titanium wrap. I will take some photos. I have a couple of questions for those who have already removed the header.
1. What is the best method of breaking the header bolts loose? Engine hot? Engine cold? Heat the bolts?
2. Is there a gasket between the header and head? Can it be reused?
3. What is the torque for the header bolts when I reinstall them?
4. What size stainless steel hose clamp should be used? What is the size of the header tubes?

Thanks,
Dan

Finally installed the Titanium wrap...Take a look.
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm129/dmeray1/100_2613.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm129/dmeray1/100_2615.jpg

The Titanium wrap was easy to work with. It did smoke a bit at startup but stopped smoking after 5 minutes or so. No soaking, no sealer or paint was needed per the good folks at DEI.

I wrapped the header in three stages. First I did the #1 tube and #4 tube with ONE piece of wrap. Next I wrapped #2 and #3 with ONE piece of wrap. Finally I wrapped the collectors with the remaining piece of wrap. I did not pre cut the wrap. Yes it was a pain working with 50 feet of wrap. LOL We will see how it wears and ages over the next few months.

 

[dmeray1]

That's what I did. Grind most of it with the big grinder and use a cut off disk on the dremel to finish taking off the tab and then carefully smooth it out. Makes the finished wrap look much nicer.

 

[dmeray1]

i think im going to do black on my header
..and i got $20 to auto zone so it will only cost me a lil over $30
to cover my header and i think i will do my cat later..

Check out my posts 313 and 320 and check out the DEI Titanium wrap. It is a little more expensive but you don't have to paint or seal it and you can wrap it dry.

By the way, thanks again for getting the HFC thing started at Jay's.