question about heat shields
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question about heat shields
Now i'm no expert on thermal science...but by removing the heat shield and stock header and using an aftermarket one with no heat shield...are we cancelling the gains out from the aftermarket header? Would it be smart to fabricate a custom heat shield for an aftermarket header? I'm just wondering... im not wasting money on a header because i'm going turbo someday anyway...
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Ideally yes a shield on the header could reduce underhood tempatures
Here is a link to a vendor offering it , was the first one to come up on google
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Rep Power: 0 you can ceramic coat it... pretty much any auto parts store (kragen, pep boys, autozone) sells high heat tempurature ceramic paint... i sprayed my stock heat sheild with 1200 degree ceramic flat black...
i also sprayed the outside of my valve cover (not the spark plugs wire cover, the actual valve cover) with high heat red... then i used the left over for other engine plastic parts..
i'm not sure about if you can spray aftermarket headers though, i guess you won't know for sure unless you try?
i also sprayed the outside of my valve cover (not the spark plugs wire cover, the actual valve cover) with high heat red... then i used the left over for other engine plastic parts..
i'm not sure about if you can spray aftermarket headers though, i guess you won't know for sure unless you try?
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Rep Power: 424 www.jet-hot.com - Metallic Ceramic Coating... known to work very well.
Or get the wrap tape.
And High heat paint, isn't ceramic coating. Its just paint that can take high temps. Ceramic coating like the stuff that works, is a metal based ceramic (I don't know its exact composition)... the real thing is expensive, it doesn't come in a spray can.
A heat shield is not nearly as effective as wrapping the pipes... wrap keeps all the heat in, which is better because the hotter the pipes stay, the hotter the gasses inside them are, and the faster it moves. You just use a shield, there's still air moving around the pipes and heat being pulled away.
Or get the wrap tape.
And High heat paint, isn't ceramic coating. Its just paint that can take high temps. Ceramic coating like the stuff that works, is a metal based ceramic (I don't know its exact composition)... the real thing is expensive, it doesn't come in a spray can.
A heat shield is not nearly as effective as wrapping the pipes... wrap keeps all the heat in, which is better because the hotter the pipes stay, the hotter the gasses inside them are, and the faster it moves. You just use a shield, there's still air moving around the pipes and heat being pulled away.
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