Mani Wrapping

[spuddy]

I want to wrap my new mani, I'm not for using exhaust wrap clips, can I just use any old wire?

I know it would have to be very heavy wire so it doesn't break with the heat.

 

[Toyota T23]

If it is not stock manifold, dont wrap it..

 

[spuddy]

If it is not stock manifold, dont wrap it..

She's not stock, but she's being wrapped lol! This mani will hold out no prob.

 

[Gryzor]

if you can manage it just us 1 piece of heat wrap and start at the middle on one of the middle runners, then just tie a knot at the end and secure that with some wire..

hated working with this stuff.

 

[Toyota T23]

She's not stock, but she's being wrapped lol! This mani will hold out no prob.

Talk to you in 6 month

 

[Chris@CCM]

use lock wire u need the wee tool for them tho there v handy

 

[miller_EP91]

is heat wrapping a mani def gunna make it crack , or is it just luck or the draw.???

 

[ChrisGT]

Locking wire ftw.

 

[Toyota T23]

is heat wrapping a mani def gunna make it crack , or is it just luck or the draw.???

If it is stainless, it will shortned its lifetime very much.

 

[spuddy]

It's not stainless, and I drive the car 1 day of every month, should last 10 years at that rate lol!

I'll get bored of the Turbo before the mani cracks.

 

[durmz]

If it is stainless, it will shortned its lifetime very much.

if its normal stainless like most cheap manis are made of, ure fucked from the start imo

 

[Kenn Mceachren]

if its normal stainless like most cheap manis are made of, ure fucked from the start imo

Well not every time.
Seen cheap manifold last long, friend running one for 1,5 year now, still no crack.

 

[munday]

I dont believe that wrapping the mani will shorten its lifespan enough for it to crack/break before the car is scrapped! Thats assuming its a good manifold. Yes wrapping speeds up the rate at which the metal erodes, but not so much it will fuck it within even 7 or 8 years.

Its easiest to soak the wrap in water first before applying it, and make sure you dont wrap it too tight, leave some room for expansion

 

[Jaf_ep91]

doing it is suppose to be the biggest pain in the arse ever haha

 

[aaron425]

its even harder to wrap it when its fitted to the car, like i did!

 

[Fatman]

From all the evidence I've seen posted 6-12 months after wrapping it's a seriously bad idea for a thinwall manifold. By that I mean anything other than sch40 or steam pipe at ~4mm mild steel. Plenty of examples of dramatic cracking due to overheating (including the well wrapped example Gryzor posted above)

I wouldn't touch the stuff. Ugly, difficult to use, problematic in the long term.

Install your manifold and fabricate some proper heatsheilds from some stainless plate.

 

[Jay]

I wouldn't touch the stuff. Ugly, difficult to use, problematic in the long term.

x2

I fucking hate the stuff. :haha:

 

[Fatman]

Seems that we agree on a lot of things Jay

 

[Jay]

Seems that we agree on a lot of things Jay

Great minds think alike and fools seldom differ. :haha:

 

[sx_turbo]

whats wrong with stainless steel cable ties?