Thread: Wrapping the downpipe

It has been 96-100F here the past few days and no signs of stopping.. I can handle 90 but 100 is ridiculous for PA..

My temp needle starts to creep up if I sit idling for more than 10 minutes with the A/C on.. ugh..

Time for another headgasket if you keep driving it without fixing the problem. Or let it idle for 25 minutes in your driveway. That is balls out insane.

Thanks, Doc.

What radiator and fan setup does the car have? Maybe a full aluminum or 2 pass radiator or a better fan setup might help?

I don't even know what car it is. Jay has a few and i surely cannot keep up. Which chassis is this for @eggman ?

I wrapped my mild steel downpipe (after painting), and do so on cars I build on a budget.

My one piece of advice is to think about the wrapping and how you can do it with the least clamps possible. On a straight pipe, I like to wrap with huge gaps to the other end, wrap around, and come back to the start while covering the gaps I left on the first pass and clamp only once at the end I started/finished. For my split downpipe again I managed to wrap it while only needing one clamp. While wrapping a header I can usually get away with using two clamps... Don't just wrap the brute force way. Think about eliminating clamps before wrapping. Make an actual wrap plan.

V-band 4 life!!!

Its my turbo nx.nothing crazy.
Lowport DE
18g Turbo
Avenir manifold w/ext gate added,
Mani and turbo backhousing is coated with Cerakote ceramic inside and out
Hot side piping,dump pipe,and AC lines are wrapped in titanium wrap(same as I want to use on the downpipe)
Koyo w/one pusher ,one puller slimfans.

I always cooled decent when cruising. its heatsoak sitting in traffic lowered down onto FL Lava pavement in the summer that gets scary.
You cant touch the dipstick,or anything else under the hood after driving it.

Thanks for your input.I appreciate the info
Definately gonna wrap the downpipe and see what sort of vent for the hood I can come up with.
For the record...I would never run the hood spacers even if it actually made a difference

egg....
i used to face the same problem. i was using FMIC from S13. i had engine temp going up in traffic jams and humid aircond. the problem is the FMIC blocking ventilation to ur radiator n aircond condenser. i switched to PULSAR gtir TMIC now. all problem solved !