Manifold wrapping

[summeh]

apparently its more likely to crack the manifold if its wrapped.

[Fred]

apparently its more likely to crack the manifold if its wrapped.

not if you do it properly

[clowo16v]

One of my mates builds stainless exhausts for a living and he recommends not to wrap them as it can damage the pipe and eventually causes cracking where the welds are. I doubt it'll get any hotter than the standard manifold, and it'll look worse.

See ya

Matt

[Plattsy]

its only meant to crack cast iron exhausts not stainless steel ones. that what that page say and surely they should know since of course they will have tested there products and if they did crack then trading standards would have come down on them!

[stan]

yep its only cast manifolds u shouldnt wrap. as for gains, the advantage is that you are reducing thermal losses....leading to increased thermal efficiency.

[Plattsy]

you would notice gains if you had an open filter since there wouldnt be as much warm air soaking into it.