[toeycrack]

Wrap up questions...---More pic of Sprayed

hey people i just got done wraping up my headers, i dried wrapped it.

but any ways... im moving into my flex pipe, and i was wondering....

for who ever wraped up there flex, did you wrap up the flex part of the pipe? or just the pipe itself, and not the flex??


i tested wrap hte whole thing, including the flex part, and when i bend it... alot of movemet occurs...(but the movement im making is nothing the engine well ever make)

-Bunna

 

[cwatson411]

looks good, im doing the header swap too. mine is scheduled to come in tomorrow. i bought mine from hilbish ford and mike is going to wrap it and plug my egr bung up (i disabled my egr). my car ran SO much better after i disabled it.

i was thinking of wraping the cat and the flex. ive heard it helps scavege the exhaust better. let us know how it worked out for you.

 

[nov173]

what kind of wrap is that? That's looks really good.

 

[badass3]

dont wrop the flexible part that will not alow for movement which is what it is designed for but other than that great job

 

[mlbbaseball]

you can wrap the flex part, it will move just fine though it may crack the wrap after a while

 

[toeycrack]

The wrap i used is a Copper wrap by Thermo Tec. i bought the wrap from JSC. it was cheaper then other places....

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I've spent a number of days wrapping this header.... i just didn't want to hurry my self and do a half ass job and skim out on the layers.



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Thanks right now the flex is all wrapped up, like the one in the picture. but i think i might try to do each end of the pipe and then just have the middle sprays up, when i coat it?


whats the best bet for this? if im trying to help the scavege..... (wish i had enough mula... i would wrap my whole exhaust)




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p.s. - im not quite there with the install yet, im still trying to find a mig welder or someone with one i can use..... so i can weld my flanges on my Hi-Flow Cat that im making.... instead of buying a R/t.... saves allot of money, but i gota work it a bit.; if i can find anyone i guess im gunna bring it to someone to weld it for me, along with the o2 sensor holes.

 

[badass3]

when the wrapp cracks it can come unraveled after time

 

[cwatson411]

im getting a stock svt cat for $105 shipped, and a flex for $100

both are 2.5, pretty good deal from what ive seen. i called the dealership and a stock svt cat was going to be like $2000 SERIOUSLY!!

 

[toeycrack]

when the wrapp cracks it can come unraveled after time

well i guess i will put 2 extra clamps on the outside of the flex part, and if it does unravels... it won't unravel to far..

 

[grahama]

I bought enough wrap to do the header, but never considered the flex-tube.

hmmm, now you have me thinking. I guess if you wrapped the solid part of the flex tube and left the rest that you could achieve a similar effect. I just don;t know the benefits of wrapping that far down the exhaust system. Hey, I'm no expert

 

[toeycrack]

yeah i was thinking the same too, plus after i wrapped it up, and started to flex it in a extreme way.. the wrap over the flex would loosen up.


i came to a conclusion that im going to just wrap up the soild parts and not the flexy part. and when i finish my cat, ill wrap that up as well.



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to wrap this all up, i bought 3 rolls of 2 x 50 . and 2 cans of copper spray.

 

[saps]

Looks good, make sure to get the coating, It makes the wrap last alot longer, i got it at autozone for like 8 bucks.

 

[cwatson411]

i know that cats get really hot. the wrap couldnt possibly over heat it could it?

 

[toeycrack]

i hope if yoru going fi, you get metalic.... better on heat... thats why i didn't ge tthe stock svt one....

 

[cwatson411]

what is the svt cat made of, ceramic?

 

[grahama]

I've read other posts saying DON'T wrap the cat. The heat kept inside from the wrap may burn it up

 

[cwatson411]

really? i thought that sounded a little dangerous!

 

[toeycrack]

maybe ill give it a coating of spray then? i don't want to chance anything.... thinking of it now, that is going to be allot of heat in that little pipe.

but anyways here is my header wrap sprayed up....

^^^^ yeah my dog was checking it out tooo

 

[FiFoci]

i wrapped my flex and it came undone after about 3 months.

 

[sleepyboy]

Well I it looks like you did a good job and you bettered me alot by spraying yours down it'll keep it from rotting off like mines doing now.


Here is a link that someone posted in my gallery. http://www.centuryperformance.com/exhaust-header-heat-wraps-do-not-use-spg-138.html it was under the pic of when I first put my headers on. If any body is iterested in looking what mine looked like.