Heat sheild

[drivingfroggy]

Has anyone fitted a heat shield to the exhaust manifold? If so where can they be bought and are they easy to fit? Just looked on mytuscan and it doesn't go into detail.

[S6 Devil]

There is a good post here: http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

and here: http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

I bought the heat shielding from Bob Coates
[e-mail]
Shield Developments Ltd.
0121 608 3854

750x450mm: £52.31
750x350mm: £40.69
700x450mm: £48.83
500x300mm: £23.25

Edited by S6 Devil on Saturday 11th July 17:28

[BDM]

Sure i read somewhere these hold damp/water and can be bad for the chassis?

[S6 Devil]

BDM said:

Sure i read somewhere these hold damp/water and can be bad for the chassis?

I think it's the heat resistant cloth or manifold wrap that holds the water!

shpub said:

As someone who had to weld around 14 meters of tubing into his Cerbera chassis due to corrosion I would not use any heat resistant cloth or manifold wrap to protect the chassis. The stuff acts like a pretty good sponge and retains a lot of water. The water then gets heated by the manifolds/cat and before you know it, the chassis is rotting. The problem is you can't easily see this until it is too late.

The Nimbus ally heat shielding is superb - I used it to replace all the heat shielding on the Cerb and it has stopped heat soak. It also allows any water to drain away...

There is then an ally shield covered in Nimbus that goes over the cats and exhaust to provide additional protection.

Edited by S6 Devil on Saturday 11th July 18:01

[BDM]

So thats the stuff you have then matey?

[S6 Devil]

BDM said:

So thats the stuff you have then matey?

Yup, that's the stuff!

[BDM]

Cool... how much did you use just out of interest?

[S6 Devil]

BDM said:

Cool... how much did you use just out of interest?

I just used one 750x450mm sheet on the chassis by the exhaust and cats that gets the most heat.