heat wrapped manifold

[BROD]

I'd like to heat wrap my stainless magnex 4 branch. What's the best quality wrap to use and how much will I need? Any links would be great, cheers!

[GRUNT 16V]

get 2" i think they do a 50m roll mak sure you have plenty ! and dont forget mwtel cable ties or dublee clips

[pie]

and wet it first then wrapp the manifold

[swedge]

and wear long sleeves and gloves

itches like hell

[pie]

^^ fuking right it does f lol

[BROD]

Theres a variety of types on ebay, can anyone suggest one? ill wear gloves and long sleaves, im not a fan of fibreglass :( hahaha, and i take it you mean 5m grunt? surely not 50m hahah :P

[Stuart]

They are all about as bad as each other.

Just get the evil wrap paint to put ontop of whatever you pick.

[BROD]

What's the purpose of the wrap paint mate? Do halfrauds sell it?

[chimp007_uk]

I've used this stuff to heat wrap my MX5 manifold. Been on there 3months and still white and not gone saggy... I even forgot to wet it first and it's still fine. It's quite thick, not like the crappy thin stuff everyone seems to sell!

Protemp (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10m-Roll-EXHAUST-Heat-Wrap-Insulating-Tape-Fitting-Kit-THE-BEST-WRAP-UK-SELLER-/170694770459?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27be337f1b)

Chris

[Stuart]

What's the purpose of the wrap paint mate? Do halfrauds sell it?

No idea if halfords sell it.
Its paint especially for heat wrap, its evil stuff as even through a 2K paint mask I could smell it!

[GRUNT 16V]

no serious get atleast 50m not 5 it takes loads depending on size etc you never can tell

[Stuart]

^^^ what he said.

You overlap by 50% of the width so you use lots.

I did see someone managed to wrap a manifold and ENTIRE exhaust system with something like 10M once.... they laid it perfectly flat with no overlap, oh there was much laughter as it fell off within days.

[chimp007_uk]

no serious get atleast 50m not 5 it takes loads depending on size etc you never can tell

50m wont be far off, and if you haven't done it before you're bound to mess up a small amount. I used 10m just to do a MX5 manifold and its about half the size. I didn't wrap the downpipe.

Top tip, take your time, don't rush, and as said, wear a couple of jumpers and goggles, hat mask the lot. It gets everywhere!!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/chimp007_uk/19ec90cf.jpg

[pie]

this was my attempt on my daily

its been on there 2 years now and still tight :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/36837_1357391381932_4498020_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/36837_1357391421933_195952_n.jpg

[boomtings1]

Ceramic coat would be cool.

http://www.camcoat.com/main/site

[c20 nva]

The paint stops the heat rap for absorbing oil and other things less chance of catching fire