is it worth the time and money to but some thermal plastic or carbon fiber and wrap up the header manifold?

wat about cold air intake piping...i know you wont feel the performance different but is it worth a try at all?

 

bump i have wondered this as well.

 

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haha so bump, and bump...

i didn't some research about header gasket to the head..some gasket provides great insulator...the idea is to prevent heat get to header's manifold ...and this make sense man...

 

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oh man where do you live...that AMC look like the block at SANTA ANA tell me man...so when i hit up ur 196 hp white hatch ...ill give you a thump up and back my azz back...lol

 

Ok the header heat wrap is not to keep your engine bay cool, it is to keep the exhaust temperatures high. As exhaust cools, it loses velocity. So the wrap keeps the exhaust pulse velocity up, allowing exhaust to exit more freely.

 

i am in so cali, but thats not the AMC. Id rather not specify where i live.

 

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Actually wrapping the headers would help to keep down underhood temps as more heat kept in the exhaust is less heat dissipated to the underhood environment. As for the intake side of things, keeping the intake air cool helps create more power. The hondata intake mani gasket helps to keep the intake mani temp down so the mani does not tend to heat the intake air. Shielding/insulating the intake pipe from heat sources would also help keep the intake air cooler as would pulling intake air from a cooler source (i.e. AEM cold air intake or one of the intakes that box off the filter from the engine bay).

 

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yeah i was reading somethign about this...and tempting to do so....exhaust pulse V...good info man thanx..

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Actually wrapping the headers would help to keep down underhood temps as more heat kept in the exhaust is less heat dissipated to the underhood environment. As for the intake side of things, keeping the intake air cool helps create more power. The hondata intake mani gasket helps to keep the intake mani temp down so the mani does not tend to heat the intake air. Shielding/insulating the intake pipe from heat sources would also help keep the intake air cooler as would pulling intake air from a cooler source (i.e. AEM cold air intake or one of the intakes that box off the filter from the engine bay). </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah i noticed but it didn't comes across me about underhood temps...thanx for your information....good stuffs

anyone acutally have the verified power gain to this project...

 

by any change is there any good material of heat wrapp would someone want to recommend to use for header manifold....