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[Tamworthbay]

Could be worth having it Ceramic Coated if its within your budget.
 
Always worth getting a quotehttp://www.zircotec.com/

I have had one done for a project at work. Superb quality but VERY expensive.

 
Ball park figure Clive?

It was done cheap as we got it through a third party who did a few at once (they sponsor our team). I think it was still about £150 and would have been closer to £200 normally. Sadly it was nicked when some scrotes broke into our container.

[Durknp]

I appreciate the fact that the wrap could hold moisture as a valid argument to not apply it but a ceramic coating will hold the heat in the steel the same as a wrap no?

[Alex_B]

I believe it would yes, provided the rest of the exhaust system is designed to take the heat its not a problem, but like I said its not ideal for a near standard road car. 

If it was me I would make sure the exhaust from the manifold back is in very good condition, use v-band clamps to hold the connections, and make sure the joints are tight as I think if you needed exhaust sealant it would blow as i'm not sure it would take the extra temp and dont forget the exhaust hangers, if they are rubber they may fail from heat. :) 

[Dan]

  I unwrapped mine after not very long at all.  If you don't have a heat shield above the front section of the exhaust it makes the floorpan around the front footwells incredibly hot, so hot the underlay or carpet can start to melt and your shoes heat up.  It melts rubber exhaust hangers so the exhaust moves about a lot more that you'd like.  Even though mine was only done for a couple of months when I chopped it all off I found it had warped and not very long after that the welds started to fail.  It's really not road car friendly.

[Alex_B]

  I unwrapped mine after not very long at all.  If you don't have a heat shield above the front section of the exhaust it makes the floorpan around the front footwells incredibly hot, so hot the underlay or carpet can start to melt and your shoes heat up.  It melts rubber exhaust hangers so the exhaust moves about a lot more that you'd like.  Even though mine was only done for a couple of months when I chopped it all off I found it had warped and not very long after that the welds started to fail.  It's really not road car friendly.

Its not all that race car friendly either, 

Recently fitted new exhaust wrap to a Formula Renault, sitting in noise test at a circuit with smoke billowing out the rear bodywork, marshalls running from all over with extinguishers whilst our driver was sitting in a cockpit of smoke. ;) Great success! 

[jaydee]

If you wrap you exhaust, you'll have to wrap from manifolds all the way to the rear box, it will affect performance, but your whole system is likely to have a short life.

Warping will void the warranty of a new maniflow exhaust.

[3ltrmini]

Speak to any tuneing shop and they will tell you if you wrap your exhaust manifolds you will retain more BHP because the pipes stay hot and let the gas out better..thats why race cars do the wrapping..

[Alex_B]

Speak to any tuneing shop and they will tell you if you wrap your exhaust manifolds you will retain more BHP because the pipes stay hot and let the gas out better..thats why race cars do the wrapping..

That and keeping under bonnet temps down :)

[HarrysMini]

 

Speak to any tuneing shop and they will tell you if you wrap your exhaust manifolds you will retain more BHP because the pipes stay hot and let the gas out better..thats why race cars do the wrapping..

That and keeping under bonnet temps down :)

 

And therefore reducing your Air Intake Temps = a bit more power. There are certainly many advantages for wrapping it on a race car, however I think it is a little pointless on a near-standard road car. 

[Durknp]

Well I think after all the comments I might just invest in a stainless lcb and perhaps polish it. It seems that having a wrap is fine but it will want constant attention. Thanks all for your thoughts

[Alex_B]

I would, and dont bother painting one, I painted mine in Very high temp exhaust paint, and it burnt/flaked off within a week! 

[HarrysMini]

The Specialist Components stainless steel LCB is excellent. £86 + VAT+shipping

[Tamworthbay]

I would, and dont bother painting one, I painted mine in Very high temp exhaust paint, and it burnt/flaked off within a week!

mine is painted in Granville's high temp paint (as I used to use on my old LCs cylinders) and it is still good two years on (although that is only about 1000 miles).

[mingy]

 

 

Could be worth having it Ceramic Coated if its within your budget.
 
Always worth getting a quote
http://www.zircotec.com/

I have had one done for a project at work. Superb quality but VERY expensive.

 

 

Ball park figure Clive?

 

If i catch that little insect that i have just tried to blow off my screen for the last five minutes,i will more than wrap it........ ( very clever though)

[mm man]

I used wrap on my manifold in 2004 and it's still on and have had no problems .
I used it as I have a mini minus and the manifold is closer to the bulkhead and the engine compartment is smaller than a standard mini plus it's made from grp so I wanted to keep the heat down , it's has worked for me