Not quite ready to fire mine up yet- the new one- but I had the RV8 style
headers Jet Hot coated. Will wait & see about the rest of the system, but I am
not going through the rockers.
Jim Stuart
James Nazarian wrote:
> Hello all,
> Does anyone have a reasonable estimation of the temperature the exhaust
>reaches on their V8s? I am particularly interested in temp near collector,
>and the temp at any other place in the exhaust pipe. As many of you know my
>headers are going out the fenders and through the rockers and now that they
>are built I am investgating how much heat sheilding I will need, and if any
>special paint will be needed on the rockers to keep from burning off.
>
> The exhaust would be done too, except I got held up when my thumb had an
>intimate meeting with the business end of my hacksaw.
> --
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGB roadster
> 71 MGBGT (the one that is supposed to be a v8)
> 01 Impreza 2.5RS
>
> "Given a conflict, Murphy's law supercedes Newton's."
> -Anon
>
> "Nothing good has ever been reported about the full rotation
> of a race car about either its pitch or roll axis."
> -Carroll Smith
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