thermal wrap for exhaust

[Jet]

does anyone know where to get them in sydney?

what does it looks like?

thanx in advance

[carlo]

Auto1 and similar stores have it. It looks like gaffer or cloth tape but thicker and more expensive.

[ENTYSU]

hey bro i will give you good advice ......DONT GET IT ! it may be good after a while but it traps heat and moistier belive it or not and in about 6 months u will have no exhaust left too heat wrap ...seen it alot of the time when i pull cars apart with the heat wrap ....may be good but it kills your exhaust ........

i would get a special paint an insulant paint not sure what its called but it does help .....or even better theres special sh*t u can put on your undercarrige like the heat wrap but works heaps better many ppl wit rotary's yous it .....

[carlo]

Interestink

We put it on a mates extractors, I figure they run so hot anyway that any moisture would be evaporated quickly anyway.

[ENTYSU]

yeh not particualy ... remember the wrap holds in heat and cools quikly thus u get condensation within the wrap .... theres your water .... sux realy for the amout u pay for it ... but the under carage mat is the best ...

[carlo]

Hrm.. Yeah that makes sense I suppose.

[ENTYSU]

...trust me man i did it too my mates car when i started out in the trade of performance and shit 6 months later i pulled the wrap of cause he herd leaking under it and sh*t me there was just a skeliton of the exhaust ..... man we were stunned ..so we tried too claim but they say its only for drag use or some shit .....

[Jet]

sh*t. I put it on already.....

should'v read this post firs.t......

but would it help if I spray the exhaust first then wrap it and then spray on the wrapped exhaust again?

the guy told me at the exhaust place to damp the wrap with bit of water and then wrap.

and this wrap is pretty expensive !!! cost me 80 bux for the wrap and the spray

[Endorean]

The stuff from Autobarn and places like that are a cheaper alternative to REAL exhaust tape.

If you want the good stuff, then I'd suggest to visit your local Revolution Racegear supplier, they have the stuff that goes on drag, rally, sprint cars. It's a little dearer, but if you want it, then you'll pay for it.

[ENTYSU]

yeh i reckon dont use the wrap in the first place .... it was a real expensive blunder for me ..... i am now using the paint n under carrage matt .... works much better ......

now come too think of it by spraying it then applying the wrap u could get pass the corosion but under the wrap it gets bloody hot and the paint will most likly peel off then just start that shitty prosses again .....

[Lenno]

guys, i went with jet hot coatings to get my dump pipe coated in some sort of ceramic coating inside and out, handles up to about 1000 deg, and they say it retains the heat in the pipe and out the exhaust...cost about $80 plus postage, and you get a free recoat if the product does happen to fail, there number is 1800700468

[Greg]

Originally posted by Endorean

The stuff from Autobarn and places like that are a cheaper alternative to REAL exhaust tape.

If you want the good stuff, then I'd suggest to visit your local Revolution Racegear supplier, they have the stuff that goes on drag, rally, sprint cars. It's a little dearer, but if you want it, then you'll pay for it.

sorry to dig up the old thread but... what is "the good stuff"? is DEI good stuff? and with the good stuff is corrosion still a problem?

thanks

[Beer Baron]

Thermo tec is supposed to be the "stuff" when it comes to firbreglass exhaust wrap. but I can't see if it would make any difference to corrosion.

Richard