Heat Wrap, good or bad?

PKRWUD · 11-04-2001, 09:35 AM

I used it on my race Buick, and have mixed feelings. It took weeks before all of the fiberglass flakes were out of my clothes and hair and skin, etc., and it looked kinda hokey after a while. I also noticed no difference in performance. BUT it cooled the engine compartment quite a bit, and made life alot less painfull when performing underhood checks and adjustments on the fly. I never burned my hands on those headers again. By the time I installed it, I had a large front facing hood scoop, otherwise I probably would have noticed an improvement from the cooler intake air alone. I finally and permanantly removed it all after and because I did a very stupid thing. I was adjusting my valves with the engine running, and forgot to put on the oil deflectors. In no time, the wrap was soaked with oil. This sucked eggs, and stunk almost as bad, within minutes after starting the engine, and never went away. After 3 weeks of this, I just removed the wrap.

Take care,
-Chris

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11-04-2001, 09:35 AM	#2
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	I used it on my race Buick, and have mixed feelings. It took weeks before all of the fiberglass flakes were out of my clothes and hair and skin, etc., and it looked kinda hokey after a while. I also noticed no difference in performance. BUT it cooled the engine compartment quite a bit, and made life alot less painfull when performing underhood checks and adjustments on the fly. I never burned my hands on those headers again. By the time I installed it, I had a large front facing hood scoop, otherwise I probably would have noticed an improvement from the cooler intake air alone. I finally and permanantly removed it all after and because I did a very stupid thing. I was adjusting my valves with the engine running, and forgot to put on the oil deflectors. In no time, the wrap was soaked with oil. This sucked eggs, and stunk almost as bad, within minutes after starting the engine, and never went away. After 3 weeks of this, I just removed the wrap. Take care, -Chris ------------------ Retired Moderator MustangNet My site: Peckerwoods Pit Stop My teams site: Jim Porter Racing RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN.