more power out of the ractive headers?

[pr5owner]

is their a way to get more power out of these headers? i heard that is you wrap them with some sort of insulation the exhaust will stay hotter and flow faster?

if so what would i wrap them with?

[scorch70]

You can wrap your headers with heat wrap, however, there are mixed opinions about whether that will shorten the life of the headers or not. I got mine Jet-Hot coated.

http://www.jet-hot.com/

But it is certainly more expensive than wrapping them. This is supposed to protect the headers, and keep the engine compartment temps lower, to increase power slightly. I never worried about that, I just wanted the headers to last as long as possible.

scorch70

[pr5owner]

heat wrap i can obtain from? walmart? lol j/k but really, who carries heat wrap?

[Togan]

wrap it with aliminium..

[akhilleus]

u can get heat wrap at various online sites like jcwhitney or jegs...local auto stores might have it...performance shops almost definately will...however it is true it will shorten the life of the header....jethot ceramic coating is better

[scorch70]

heat wrap i can obtain from? walmart? lol j/k but really, who carries heat wrap?
I did a search and found this thread:

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56598&highlight=heat+wrap

HTH,
scorch70

[tonkabui]

http://www.optauto.com/webstore/departments.asp?dept=855&last=1431

[pr5owner]

the life of the header as in? it rusts faster? what if i ceramic coat AND do this heat wrap?

[scorch70]

the life of the header as in? it rusts faster? what if i ceramic coat AND do this heat wrap?
Supposedly, just wrapping the header heat soaks the header from the inside out, and it will just start to turn to ash. You shouldnt need to coat and wrap them, when they coat the headers (if they do it right), they do it inside and out. so that the actual header isnt exposed to hi temps like before. Hell if I know if coating works. Jet-Hot seems to be a reputable company, lots of info on their web site. Of course, they're trying to make you buy their product, so who knows. I know the temps in my engine bay are cooler than they were before (with stock exhaust manifold).

scorch70

[pr5owner]

is it possible to powder coat and ceramic coat a header?

[tonkabui]

ceramic coating has different textures and colors. it'll cost you more, of course.

the choices are limited:

http://www.jet-hot.com/pages/headercoatings.html

[FunkyBuddha]

Just get them ceramic coated like mine. 160cdn. All said and done. They did it inside and out. Either black or the silver finish i got.