Downpipe wrap

Linemonkey · February 24, 2017, 09:06:05 AM

On another forum someone mentioned wrapping their downpipes. I'm about to install catless pipes on mine, and I was curious if there's any merit to that. Beneficial or waste of time?

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Rockstar04 · February 24, 2017, 09:28:14 AM

Performance wise, nothing you would be able to notice, but it could help keep under hood temps down.

StealBlueSho · February 24, 2017, 09:56:59 AM

Might be worth it.. these cars are heat monsters! Coupled with the intercooler location, the IATs get up there.

Would be interesting to log and find out if it helps...

I have wrapped headers on previous cars... no real data to speak of if it helped or not.

Linemonkey · February 24, 2017, 10:17:55 AM

After reading several articles, I think I may do it. I have OCD when it comes to this car! It doesn't cost much and it certainly can't hurt. Plus they'll look pretty sweet lol

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Linemonkey · February 24, 2017, 10:19:07 AM

It seems to be fairly common, on downpipes, for other applications

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Rockstar04 · February 24, 2017, 10:38:13 AM

I'd say that StealBlueSho is right that the front pipe could help a bit now that I think about how everything is laid out under the hood.

djxfactor · February 27, 2017, 10:31:18 AM

We certainly garner enough heat under the hood for this to be worth the time and effort to experiment.

Linemonkey · February 27, 2017, 10:39:33 AM

My pipes will be here in a couple days. I'm going to wrap them and post a few pics, (as long as they don't look like crap lol) if anyone is interested

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Frozen Blue · February 27, 2017, 01:10:49 PM

I did it on my Focus ST as well as a turbo blanket. The fuel lines ran right above the turbo and when I swapped in a larger GTX I couldn't re-use the stock heat shield. I used DEIs wrap and it worked great. Wrap it as tight as you can and only have minimal overlap. Eliminate as many frayed ends as possible. I also used stainless steel zip ties on it.

I could pull into my garage onto my ramps immediately after doing some pulls and crawl under the car and place my hand on the downpipe and on the turbo. It was scary at first but it makes you realize how well it works. My only hesitation to use it again is I live in MN and they heavily salt everything here during the winter. I'm not sure if the wrap would hold the salt in and increase corrosion on the downpipes. Otherwise I would not hesitate to use it again.

lamrith · February 27, 2017, 05:51:13 PM

Quote from: Frozen Blue on February 27, 2017, 01:10:49 PM
I did it on my Focus ST as well as a turbo blanket. The fuel lines ran right above the turbo and when I swapped in a larger GTX I couldn't re-use the stock heat shield. I used DEIs wrap and it worked great. Wrap it as tight as you can and only have minimal overlap. Eliminate as many frayed ends as possible. I also used stainless steel zip ties on it.

I could pull into my garage onto my ramps immediately after doing some pulls and crawl under the car and place my hand on the downpipe and on the turbo. It was scary at first but it makes you realize how well it works. My only hesitation to use it again is I live in MN and they heavily salt everything here during the winter. I'm not sure if the wrap would hold the salt in and increase corrosion on the downpipes. Otherwise I would not hesitate to use it again.

That is good information. Any particular brand you used, seems like it worked well.

Linemonkey · March 23, 2017, 01:11:21 PM

Well, I finally had time to wrap them. Also sprayed the pipes with high temp silicon spray. Should get them on the car this weekend

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AJP turbo · March 23, 2017, 01:32:12 PM

Nice...should also help dampen the slight rasp that the catless pipes have

Linemonkey · March 23, 2017, 01:35:44 PM

Quote from: AJP turbo on March 23, 2017, 01:32:12 PM
Nice...should also help dampen the slight rasp that the catless pipes have

I hope so. I'm not expecting much from the wrap, but I'll do anything I can to keep temps down. Plus they look cool lol

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shaundizzle15 · March 23, 2017, 03:32:23 PM

What wrap did you go with?

Linemonkey · March 23, 2017, 03:56:59 PM

Quote from: shaundizzle15 on March 23, 2017, 03:32:23 PM
What wrap did you go with?

I don't know the brand. It's 2"x50' black fiberglass exhaust wrap, with stainless steel zip ties

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