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Exhaust wrap on headers?
speedster356 - June 15th, 2004 at 06:51 PM

I have wrapped my headers with Thermo Tec exhaust wrap and it appears that they it is burning on the primary header just out of the heads, doing a lot of smoking and has turned black? Almost looks as though it is burning off? Is this normal and just part of the process?:(


LOWBUG - June 15th, 2004 at 07:54 PM

I've used the bandage type an not seen that happen


Gracey - June 22nd, 2004 at 12:29 PM

I've used it before and this didn't happen. If its on a turbo motor the extra heat may do this.
What it did do though was turn the headers into junk, I think by keeping too much heat in the headers it fatigued the metal real quick. Just my opinion.


MikeM - June 22nd, 2004 at 01:19 PM

Where can you get the Bandage type from?


speedster356 - June 22nd, 2004 at 05:59 PM

Just picked it up from a local auto parts store, I used 1" wide tape. Looks like it's stopped smoking now so that's taken the worried look off the faces of people walking past my stopped car!