manifold heat wrap & painting.

[squarepants]

basiclly i have a janspeed manifold, and carnt decided weather to remove the heat wrap (lower half has been removed so far) or paint it? heat wrap traps water and reduce life off the mild steel does it not?

so far iam just gonna coat the lower half of the manifold in hammerite, and keep the top half thats seeable in the engine bay wrapped up. i think that will look smart?

 

[superls]

dan id say hammerite will come off, i put propper exhaust paint on my manifold and it still started to come off

 

[capnmchl]

Funtion before form. Paint it, well, and properly.

 

[Antony]

BBQ paint and the heatwrap it....

 

[ollyc98]

BBQ paint and the heatwrap it....

That's not a bad idea, you need to paint the inside really, or the best option is to get a shiney new one ceramic coated and it'll last longer than the car

 

[squarepants]

brought some high temp black, and painted it left the top half of the mani heat wrapped and painted around it lol.

 

[Ed]

How about get it coated with a heat resistant material. That will also help protect it from the elements etc..

 

[Swiper]

give it some of that vinegar action and check what the general condition is like, it wasn't good before i sold it to dean.

 

[squarepants]

its SOLD now, carnt be bothered to take it off, and re-fit it every MOT...

 

[Low Rider]

Shame, a re-mapped ecu makes MOT times a sinch........mine's sailed through the last two years with better emission figures than my standard 1.3GX.

 

[squarepants]

yearh but i dont have the kind of money for remapp lol...plus mines a facelift, so its got NATS so isnt mappable iirc?

 

[Antony]

mine is....hehe

 

[Retepetsir]

My 1.3 SR passes with the Janspeed manifold and just the secondary cat in place...and thats with a different fuel map too (i.e. more fuel!). You just need the get the cat really hot