To be, or not to be

[James33411]

Heat wrap, or Jet-Hot coat my hot side? What would you do/what have you done and why?

Took the car to the track for the fist time last night and under hood temps were insane.

Water and head temps were a consistant 185, exhaust manifold was averaging 440 and the cold side of the turbo was 135.

 

[chandlern]

I've always used wrap in the past and am planning on doing it with my current car but I don't have the motivation to remove the longtubes. A buddy of mine double wrapped the headers on his Eleanor clone, you could hold them while the car was running. Don't have any experience with Jet-Hot...on another note where are you in Royal Palm?

 

[stkjock]

This is a tech section. Keep on the topic at hand.

 

[TurboX]

I have my pipes coated and recently even put a blanket over the turbo, It still is extremely hot under the hood and I dont notice my IATs any cooler. I am usually about 6-10 degrees above ambient when cruising and will get as hot as 120-130 in traffic. This is in temps between 90-100 degrees outside.

 

[niner555]

I wrapped the down pipe with Heatshield Products Lava Wrap and have been pretty satisfied. The wrap keep radiant heat down and looks really good. I also use a turbo blanket, so between that and the wrap, my underhood temps seem pretty reasonable to me.

 

[DiMora]

Why not try the jet-hot ? It looks good and the ceramic will definitely help with the heat. I have ceramic coated LT's and I love them. It will also help prevent any corrosion. If you are not happy, you can add the wrap over the ceramic.