pictures of my new engine :)
03-10-2004, 02:18 PM
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"TEST TEST TEST" (loud voice from above)...
(WARNING: STRONG OPINION FOLLOWS. SOME MAY BE OFFENDED, BUT THE TRUTH DOES SUCK SOMETIMES)
Header wrap is an evil conspiracy of the header manufacturers, designed to rot out your header in very short order, and require that you buy a replacement every year or so.
It's true. Unless you've got REALLY good reasons to keep underhood temps down (not the typical street ones that you're about to cite)(so don't say 'blahblahblah and my kanuder valve won't work if it's over 286 deg. F. at the locus of points on the graph of my fuel map"), keep the hell away from header wrap.
It'll crack and rot your headers faster than you would believe. The exact mechanism of destruction is controversial, but the results AREN'T. My belief is that the wicking/capillary composition of all wraps wick and collect moisture as a header cools, and that, along with heat stress and embrittlement from that stress, rots the header out.
The racer community is smart enough to stay away from header wraps. The street community hasn't figured it out yet.
Header wraps suck.
Header wrap is an evil conspiracy of the header manufacturers, designed to rot out your header in very short order, and require that you buy a replacement every year or so.
It's true. Unless you've got REALLY good reasons to keep underhood temps down (not the typical street ones that you're about to cite)(so don't say 'blahblahblah and my kanuder valve won't work if it's over 286 deg. F. at the locus of points on the graph of my fuel map"), keep the hell away from header wrap.
It'll crack and rot your headers faster than you would believe. The exact mechanism of destruction is controversial, but the results AREN'T. My belief is that the wicking/capillary composition of all wraps wick and collect moisture as a header cools, and that, along with heat stress and embrittlement from that stress, rots the header out.
The racer community is smart enough to stay away from header wraps. The street community hasn't figured it out yet.
Header wraps suck.
03-10-2004, 03:14 PM
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so then the wise thing to do would be to...
keep the header area ventillated, hood vent or some type of duct like people do for brakes, and then just wrap inlet tubing to keep intake temps down.?
opinions??
opinions??
03-10-2004, 03:30 PM
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Your TB hose looks way straighter than my Samco
Is that a stock TB hose? Also, does anyone with a samco TB hose have way more bend in their setup? Should I "circumcise" my TB hose to make it a little less curvy? It could lose about an inch on the ic side and still fit well.
Your setup looks/sounds good. what kind of engine management are you using?
Your setup looks/sounds good. what kind of engine management are you using?
