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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Controlling exhaust temps
With my new suspension, my exhaust runs somewhat close to one of the JJ's. Apparently when that joint gets warm it starts to squeak. At least that what it seemed. I thought it was dust at first, but after the bronco had cooled, it didn't squeak again until I had been running a while.
So what should I do? Wrap it or build a shield? Are there other options?
J.D.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Wed May 04, 2011 7:20 am |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
Summit a good source for header wrap? Are there better brands than others?
J.D.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Wed May 04, 2011 7:36 am |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
Locally is better in this case. Will call down there and see what they got.
J.D.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Wed May 04, 2011 8:23 am |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
Autozone had header wrap for $50! Yikes! I only need to wrap a foot or so of pipe. Anyone have any laying around? I'd buy 6ft from ya. Might look into making a shield instead??
J.D.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Thu May 05, 2011 10:06 am |
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rtreads
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Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:37 pm Posts: 320
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
I have some around here that was on my system where it went past the tranny pan. Now with a proper cooler I have ruled out the exhaust soak causing higher tranny temps.
Its used and not in perfect shape, but I have some!
Ps- I would just build a sheild.
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Sun May 15, 2011 1:07 pm |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
I really need to crawl under there and look at what I can do for a shield.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Mon May 16, 2011 7:38 am |
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jbickhart
Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:04 am Posts: 26
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
McMaster-Carr at mcmaster.com has almost endless options for head shields / insulating tape / insulating sheets....soo many that I can find the 1-1/2" wide non-adhesive tape that I used on their website. But, it worked well about 1" away from the header tubes protecting a wiring harness. Much cheaper than Summit / Jegs / Auto-parts stores.
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Mon May 16, 2011 10:11 am |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Controlling exhaust temps
I love mcmaster! They have everything, but didn't realize they had header tape! Thanks for the heads-up!
J.D.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Mon May 16, 2011 10:22 am |
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