pull the wrap off- extend the metal life.
leave it on- make max power.
so i got the ebay headers and a catless exhaust made.
makes bitchen power, feels great, sounds great. end of discussion there.
but i wraped them with header wrap...
should i pull that shit off to extend the life or should i keep it on..
and if i keep it on, how much power am i really saving with it on? i mean, does keeping the heat in really make that much power on a NA engine? gonna do cams or S/C soon though..
Leave it on. I had wrap on my integra for at least 3 or 4 years. Almost every shift to redline, drove it like a bat out of hell. Numerous track days. No visible scars in the metal.Probably about 80k on the header
I would play it safe with those headers and get them thermal coated in and out. Cost about $180. But I guess that might be hard to get done since it's such a biatch to take them off with engine in the car.
I'll be doing mine soon. I'll post some pics.
I'd leave it on, help keep your underhood temps down some.
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yea... if i break this set, ill get the next set of ebay headers coated... i KNEW about it... but i just had a brain fart and forgot at the time to get em coated... err!
oh well. ill run it if i crack em, ill get another set. no biggy. thanks guys.
oh yea. anyone thinking of getting these headers. do it. amazing power and throttle response
What do you plan to do when you have to do a coolant flush? Every time I do that job, coolant always spills on the headers no matter how careful I am ...
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