exhaust wrap and turbo heat shields

i expect that bits for the down pipe , its a good way to go but can get pricey for sure

I know that on some applications heat loss is quite important. Beware when you wrap. Although you are keeping your engine bay cooler you are preventing the compnents that you wrap from dissipating heat.

Charlie

I have it on good authority (a race car builder mate) that exhaust wrap rots the exhaust as it holds moisture against the metal, once you work out you need two rolls of wrap at £50 each to do a standard 4 pot tubular manifold which then falls off after a year and needs redoing, you can see the logic of sending your stuff to these guys.

Its done on all the cars he builds/maintains and it works
www.camcoat.u-net.com/

i've heard that too, but my own expierience says thats not true. I've only ever had good results with the stuff.

btw vw, check out www.nimbusmotorsport.com. They are the UK importers for Thermo Tec wrap, and also DEI insulation products. I think the turbo wrap you have found will be the DEI product tho.

Good info, maybe ill leave the turbo and just wrap the exhaust.
Ive also heard stories about rotting and cracking when wrapped, but you can paint over some wraps to make them waterproof. There are some special wraps where when you paint them it reacts with the wrap and creates a hard skin. Something like that.

It also means taking the car of the road while the company wait to fit it in, forget about it, loose it, eventually coat it, not phone me to tell me its ready, loose it again then finally, when i threaten legal action, find it and charge me twice what they quoted.

£18.99

The wrap the race cars use (the stuff that actually works) is £50 a roll and you need two to do a 4 branch on a pinto and it takes two hours or so to fit it which cant be done properly with it on the car anyway. (that may not be the same as a VW i guess) and even when done right is still has to be redone every season as it breaks up and falls apart.

Gary at retromotorsports highly reccomends camcoat, the stuff works, they havent lost any of his gear or he wouldnt use em, and he says its actually cheaper for him to send stuff off to them than it is for him to buy the roll and then charge the guys his £50 an hour rate to fit it.

He gets the 1000 dgree black coating put on, which brings temps down enough so the 750 degree silver coating can be put on which brings temps down again, and looks good and lasts.

he mentioned £150 for a zetec manifold to be coated, which may be a fair wedge of cash, but £20 on a roll of rubbish is more of a waste of cash in my opinion.

you get what you pay for in this world, if the stuff is only 20 quid and it worked, thats what the race car guys would use, they don't throw money about they could be using for more power or better handling.