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Old 07-03-2011, 12:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion View Post
/\ as far as heat wrapping your headers, while they will reduce heat coming off the tubes and help contain it in the exhaust, they can also trap moisture and lead to premature wear of the headers themselves. I spoke with Tony about it when I ordered mine and that's one of the reasons i decided to just go with the ceamic coating right off the bat.

As far as wrapping the intake tubes, what gain are you really going to get? When you're moving at speed down the road, there really isn't time for the air getting sucked into your engine thru the CAI tubes to really heat up at all. And when you're sitting in traffic, it might help, but who really cares if you loose a tiny bit of power in rush hour on the drive home??
K cool thanks on the headers. My questions about these options were out of curiosity b/c I have read that someone has done this previously but did not post anything about pro's/con's. I understand your logic about the wrapping of the intakes. My question is b/c our engine is so tightly packed you don't see a gain from wrapping them over extended driving?
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