Heat wraping exh manifolds

[Leadfoot]

Right, I want to try & reduce the roasting me totsies get & am thinking about using some heat wrap on the exhaust mainfolds.
Bit worried that it might cause warping of the manifolds/cat 'y' piece etc due to uneven heat distribution.
Has anyone done it, did it work to reduce footwell heat & has it caused any problems?

[Leadfoot]

Thanks for replies. Think I'll do it over the winter.

quote:rather than wrapping, i had some stainless steel heat shields made to stop the heat radiating to the inner wings etc.

How are they mounted? Directly to the inner wing or with an air gap in between?

[Leadfoot]

Got your mail david. Don't think that's the solution as I've had the fans running constantly (manual overide) on v.hot days & the footwell still becomes an oven. It is better than waiting for the fans to come on/off/on etc.

[Leadfoot]

I meant that I had manually switched them on.

[Leadfoot]

decided to go ahead & wrap the manifolds. So, what width of wrap do you guys that have done it recomend? DT have it in 1" or 2" widths. Also what length of roll will I need?

[Leadfoot]

TVM Pete