I'm throwing together a downpipe right now and I originally thought I should space it as close to the pan as possible (without touching) to maximize ground clearance. But now I'm thinking maybe I should sacrifice ground clearance and leave a larger gap between the pan and the downpipe for cooling purposes. I'm not fond of the idea of an oil heater.

Thoughts?

 

mines damn near touching... lol

but i used heatwrap...

 

^That's kind of what I'm thinking. Guess I'll buy some wrap.

 

as long as it dosent touch and there is space for wrap you are ok, i think mine is about half an inch away.

 

mine was touching forever no issues here

 

1/4" to 1/2" is good. touching probably isn't