Engine People w/ obx exhaust header

People w/ obx exhaust header

Do you guys have problems with heat radiating off it?

So I finally got my heater done (went to Kost and quoted me $1400 to replace the heater core and I went to Midas for a second opinion and they fixed my heater by back flushing, etc.) and he said that he noticed a LOT of heat radiating off the exhaust header and offered to fabricate a heat shield for it.

What do you guys think?

i think it was radiating heat because it was hot =] i dont reallly notice it radiating TOO much heat but i do feel it being a bit toasty but i wouldnt know what is too much honestly

imo f midas

I don't notice anything. I removed the heat shield from my stock manifold before as well and that didn't affect anything either.

well i got two thick power cords that run very close to it. and they saved me a heap of cash so i trust them. they'll be doing my drive belt and water pump as well.. ah well. to each their own.

well did you leave the one heat shield on near the firewall?

hmm not sure.

that one.

ill check tomorrow. thanks

btw im taking my car back to midas to see if they can figure out my exhaust leak. but not the sameone i took it to get it welded.

they arent so bad just that one i went too was horrid

I don't have that shield... :superconf I guess it's not important since I don't notice anything.

rollatuner110 added 1 Minutes and 43 Seconds later...

I bet you the leak is from a crack in the collector tube where the 4 runners meet. On the bottom. If that's not it, then it's from the joining section where the donut gasket is. Or... both.

perfect time to get ur header ceramic coated and then heatwrap it!! mines ceramic coated, i just gotta find time to heatwrap it, lol

thats really expensive tho.

i bet you are right i searched through some threads and that seems to be the problem.

so you both dont have that heat shield there? i kept it there because there was wiring that was tucked behind it that looked important.

how much does that ceramic coating cost?

Don't get ceramic coating. It will eventually flake off anyways. You should just get some thermal exhaust wrap.

how much does that stuff run? i was going to get some for my intake

The better coatings wont come off, theres a shop in my area called crucial racing quoted me $150 for the coating, then wrap a layer of exhaust wrap on top of that and you could touch the runners with your bare hands after hard driving. gruppe-s used to sell manifolds with that coating to WRX and EVOs.

Interesting. Too bad I can't coat them anymore since I can't remove them unless I cut the header out.

yeah, same here.

how much did midas charge you for heatercore? 1400?

no its some local shop called Kost Tire/Muffler shop that diagnosed my heater problem and offered to fix it by having to replace the heater core which with parts and labor totaled to 1400.

i went to midas because 1400 is a lot of money and i wanted a second opinion. midas only charged me $125 because i needed something welded too.

oohh ok. yeah i think i know what my exhaust problem is from. the flex pipe looks like some of the braiding is loose. i ducked under my car today because i got a branch stuck in it and saw that some of the braiding the thread lloking stuff is off =\ might take it in later today

Too many problems with those things, it seems. I'm limiting my further upgrades to HIDs. May get a new shift knob and paint, too. Probably just rock it as is. Who knows. Maybe even new speakers.


Damn it.

heh well i like it still =]
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2862/dscn4260cw8.jpg you can kinda see what im talking about down on the bottom