juli0_bustamante

I ask cause mine is super close to the radiator ( about 1/4 of an inch ) and when i drive on the freeway my ---- tends to run hot. Im sure it doesnt help that the radiator is alluminum either. SO i bought some thermo-tech header wrap and some sticky tape ---- to put on the radiator to hopefully rememdy my issue. It doesnt do this on short trips or city driving. would that header wrap stuff also work on the manifold aswell or will it burn off??

JoshMO

I've been running header wrap on mine for about 2 months now... so far no problems. Not sure if its the same brand or not. Egay

juli0_bustamante

i bought it at vatozone and its the thermo tech stuff. did it help with the transfer of heat liek it said? before using the wrap did your car tend to run hotter?

Guy-Fast

I use to wrap all my exhuats parts with that stuff its worth a try. You have your fan on a switch?

juli0_bustamante

yeah, fan is on all the time after it warms up of course.

Hey chris, do you have any 88-91 auto trannies laying around? i need one for the GF's 89 hatch. her ---- slips from 1st to 2nd.

Guy-Fast

Hook that switch up to power once car starts fan is blownin. Thats a need we had to go through in the high desert to have swapped cars without overheating works pretty well

ryan89crx

ive ran header wrap on 2 different manifolds and 2 different DPs in my car. never had a heat issue and the ---- never burned off

JoshMO

My car seems to run cooler now, and I no longer have a problem with my vac lines to my WG becoming deformed from the constant heat and pressure cycles.

reactone

Yeah, my downpipe is also about 1/4" from the rad, my dp is wrapped and i never see high temps, it was just 85 degrees without a prob.

Minor Threat

I used to have my DP about a 1/4 inch from my single core rad, it would overheat.

I wrapped it, never had a problem again.