exhaust temp wrapping around intake pipe?

[1gDsmRacer92]

hey guys i was just wondering about somthing maybe you can help me, i was wondering if i would get any advantages out of wrapping my intake piping in exhaust temp wrapping, i mean when you think about it it would keep all that extreme hot air away from the air intake pipe wich would make the air going in cooler, then i could also wrap my header do decrease engine bay temps wich would also help, let me know what you guys think, i may be over looking somthing. thanks

 

[siueclipse]

its going to cost more than its worth. don't bother.

 

[GSGoinFast]

hey guys i was just wondering about somthing maybe you can help me, i was wondering if i would get any advantages out of wrapping my intake piping in exhaust temp wrapping, i mean when you think about it it would keep all that extreme hot air away from the air intake pipe wich would make the air going in cooler, then i could also wrap my header do decrease engine bay temps wich would also help, let me know what you guys think, i may be over looking somthing. thanks

Doug99RS(the 2gnt god on here) has his wrapped, you can see it in his gallery pics. im sure he did it for a reason

 

[siueclipse]

just because someone does something, doesn't mean that it helps.

 

[GSGoinFast]

just because someone does something, doesn't mean that it helps.

he wouldnt do it if it didnt do anything. and he seems to know his way around our engine bay better then most. hell how should i know he should talk to him about it

 

[bullettdsm]

he wouldnt do it if it didnt do anything. and he seems to know his way around our engine bay better then most. hell how should i know he should talk to him about it

Maybe it just looks cool! I could go either way on this. If you had a heat spacer of some kind at the head (so you would not transfer heat at the head) then I could see it. But I am not sure if you retain more heat from the head or you insulate more cool air from the engine bay. If Doug99RS is god then maybe we should pray and he would give us the answer.
MB

 

[JRichter]

I, too am curious on this one. It makes sense and Doug99rs seems to know what he's talking about after reading the sticky at the top. BTW what is the cost to do this?

 

[750_sport]

The only way you will go faster is less weight. In your wallet.

I would love to hear why it would with dyno sheets to back this up. I use this stuff at the track only for keeping the heat off the rider when racing. You can under certain conditions make horsepower while scavaging by wraping your header. But never the intake. A phonithic spacer between the intake and head would give you better gains.
This will keep the motors heat off the air/fuel, Which can add power.

Wraping the intake can trap heat. As a cold air system is made from alu. They pick that for light weight and heat dissapation.

Wrapping intake would be looks.

You can test this like we have by using 2 temp gauges one at the filter and one at the intake. You will find a 10* + heat incress @ racing conditions. With the intake wrapped.

 

[Defiant]

Header wrap is a heat barrier. So if the intake gets warm, it'll keep it warm. It's seldom done because it's not of benefit. I have no idea why Doug did it.
As for wrapping the exhaust, same story. I'm not sure I want to keep the header itself from rejecting some of its heat when it gets the chance. I'd as soon have that glow let itself go away.
If you're only running on a dragstrip, and hoping the engine will last a hundred miles, well, that's a different world.

 

[GSGoinFast]

Header wrap is a heat barrier. So if the intake gets warm, it'll keep it warm. It's seldom done because it's not of benefit. I have no idea why Doug did it.
As for wrapping the exhaust, same story. I'm not sure I want to keep the header itself from rejecting some of its heat when it gets the chance. I'd as soon have that glow let itself go away.
If you're only running on a dragstrip, and hoping the engine will last a hundred miles, well, that's a different world.

if its a heat barrier, then wouldnt it prevent the intake from becoming warm to begin with?

 

[750_sport]

if its a heat barrier, then wouldnt it prevent the intake from becoming warm to begin with?

No. Because the heat will follow down the intake from the engine.

 

[GSGoinFast]

No. Because the heat will follow down the intake from the engine.

ok that makes sense

 

[siueclipse]

moral of the story..


when someone says it wont work or do any good... try not to ignore the answer and look for the one you want

 

[1gDsmRacer92]

hey guys thanks for all your input, to answert he question of how much it is, i can get 15ft of it for 12.99 and i know how your saying it keeps heat inside but the heat coming off the head is much greater than the heat coming down throught the intake tube right, so even though its going to keep that heat inside its still going to keep the heat fromt he head away wich would decrease the heat going into the tube by that much, im probley confusing the grap out of yall .

 

[GSGoinFast]

moral of the story..


when someone says it wont work or do any good... try not to ignore the answer and look for the one you want

not true. its not so much ignoring the answer as it is looking for confirmation. people say false things all the time. the other day a guy told someone to get a header to get some good hp numbers now( false but not the point of this), and it will also help later when he goes turbo. now going by your theory i would have to take this as true. so you gotta get confirmation.

hey guys thanks for all your input, to answert he question of how much it is, i can get 15ft of it for 12.99 and i know how your saying it keeps heat inside but the heat coming off the head is much greater than the heat coming down throught the intake tube right, so even though its going to keep that heat inside its still going to keep the heat fromt he head away wich would decrease the heat going into the tube by that much, im probley confusing the grap out of yall .

your best bet is to make some sort of heat shield to go between the intake and the head, not wrapping it.

 

[bullettdsm]

moral of the story..


when someone says it wont work or do any good... try not to ignore the answer and look for the one you want

siueclipse, I suspect that as you see that in writing you may be having second thoughts about it. That thought process goes against a lot of cutting edge race theory. As a matter of fact it goes against the American way! Alright I got a little carried away but you probably see what I mean. We are constantly being told you can't do this or that and people are constantly disproving those concepts. I gotta go with Chris on that. What we are doing with the forum is the same thing we did befor the internet. We sat down with a bunch of like minded people and shot the shit and traded ideas and then we went home and made our own decisions based on that input and our own thought processes.
I would say if someone says it won't work or do any good, consider the source(s), discuss with others and then make your own decision. (Hey where the F**K did this sermon come from )

I guess preacher Bullett is done
MB

 

[bullettdsm]

Oh yeah, what I really came on to say was that your better off with a phenolithic (sp?) spacer (if they are available for 420a). They help make a heat break between the head and the intake.
MB

 

[1gDsmRacer92]

Oh yeah, what I really came on to say was that your better off with a phenolithic (sp?) spacer (if they are available for 420a). They help make a heat break between the head and the intake.
MB

were could i look for one of those or is it possible to make one?

 

[gstracr]

The point of wraping wether the intake or exhaust is to prevent the radiation of heat from the exhaust and block temps. this is why it is popular to wrap your i/c pipes to keep the hot air out and the somewhat cooler air in.