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Originally Posted by LibertyHill
I went uncoated and now wish I had given it more thought. Wraps seems like a bad idea even on SS, but the semi-rigid insulating blankets over the top seems like they may be worthy of consideration to insulate from some of the radiating heat. Any thoughts on those?
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wrap is a bad idea IMO, the header has to breath or it ejects or bakes the carbon out of the matrix and falls apart even SS will do this over time. I DO absolutely like shields. Acura made a beautiful twin shield for the JDM Type R 4 to 1 header:
Radiated heat on this setup is way down.
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