Wrap a downpipe without removing it?????

[Ryan]

Can I put some exhaust wrap on a thdp without removing it?

 

[earlbrown]

It would cost you more time than the 5 minutes it was take to remove it.


If I wanted to turn my THDP into a flame wick, I'd just remove it and do it.

 

[dynoman]

If you want to reduce under hood temps get it coated @ Swain Tech with Whitelighting. This is not your run of the mill ceramic coating, about $40 per ft on DP's . I'm having my headers , crossover & downpipe done before I put in my new motor. Check out their site @ Swaintech.com. Hey Ryan my son is stationed there at Trippler. He drives a turbo too, but it's a Cobalt SS , maybe you have seen it , all blacked out with no stupid hammerhead spoiler and orange wheels , yes orange wheels. With a good tune it runs strong for a 4 banger. Sam

 

[Ryan]

Wish we could do those things in Hawaii. The shipping both ways to Hawaii would be way more than it's worth. We constantly get screwed out here. I go to the VA quite often wich is behind trippler and my wife uses trippler for her tricare so we are there quite a bit. If I see him, i'll flag him down. Orange wheels huh?

 

[87geeinn]

If I see that Cobalt anywhere near me, I'll show him who's boss

Ryan: Call some of the powdercoating places on island and see if they do ceramic coating.

 

[Ryan]

Austin, was that your GN on MCBH? Duct tape on the truck?

 

[87geeinn]

Austin, was that your GN on MCBH? Duct tape on the truck?

Hell naw. In the Army stationed up at Wheeler/Schofield and I live toward North Shore. I rarely go on that side of the island but I was in Kailua a few days ago to hike the Olomana Trail. Definitely no duct tape on the GN. However, on the Kia Spectra? Yeah, there's duct tape on that (seriously).

 

[dynoman]

He knows all about TR's .... He was born in 86 and I had one then. His SS runs real strong , not all stock .That guy in a new corvette that he ran when he was here sure was shocked. Torque steer in a bitch !! Just sent him a new 3 bar MAP so he can put his tune back in and run it like it should. Funny thing is he was chasing vacuum leaks for quite a while, sound familiar ? He ran into a guy on Oahu that runs a nasty Solstace GXP , he's big into his turbo's and helped my son get his car sorted out.
My son is a Army BioMed tech at Trippler, loves to fix things !!

 

[Ryan]

Rarely see many Solstaces, Solsti, Solstacee..... around Oahu. Prolly all sleepers. Saw an 87 GN at Ala Moana yesterday. Looked like a woman was driving. Was far away....could not tell. Need to get my T back on the road and knock the dust off of it and get the cob webs out of the exhaust. The crappy weather has really slowed me down.

 

[DavidM]

Can I put some exhaust wrap on a thdp without removing it?

Yes but will be easier to just remove it.

Remove the 4 bolts from the DP that go in to the Exhaust housing of the Turbo. Then remove the bolts at your Y-Pipe/Test Pipe or exhaust clamp for the catalytic converter. Pull DP out, spray and wrap.

Everything goes back the same except Nickel Anti - Seize on the bolts and High Temp RTV on the DP/Exhaust housing or Gasket of your choice or nothing.

Drive and Enjoy!

 

[SS/GN]

I would not wrap a pipe. Had a few friends wrap very expensive headers and they literally crumbled within the wrap. When they took the wrap off to replace it because it acts like a sponge and soaks up any oil that may leak from the engine, the pipes had numerous cracks and were very rusty.

 

[GNONYX]

To add what SS/GN said, being it's possible to soak any oil from engine and with that much heat it could catch on fire.

 

[SS/GN]

In testing we found that a heat deflector shield above the header( like Nascar) worked the best but even then we saw no return on the work. This was in a superstock car with a carb and factory hood.