i have some more like a crud load of heat/exhust wrap/ heat sheild left to spare and a quite a few heat sheild tie wraps

anyways to the question

think it would help if i wrapped up my injen s.r.i. (xA, xA, xA, xA, xA) to help keep it cooler some (the air coming in)

or should i wrap my a/c lines instead?

 

If you go enough wrap i say wrap everything. Its not gonna hurt your car if you wrap it.

 

the done side is i only has less then 50 feet of it left and the real downer is its only an inch wide

 

if im not mistaken header wrap isnt that thick. I think some foam type of insulation would be better.

 

When I pop my hood, even after driving for a while, you can lay your hand right on the intake and it's cool to the touch so I wonder how much help it would give.

Also, are you sure that wrapping it won't keep it from disipating heat that it sucked inside it? That seems as likely as the intake getting hot enough from external heat to creep thru to the air flowing inside. I don't know, just pondering...

 

thats why i'm asking also

and the poll to help answer it some

 

One thing to consider is that header wrap, even on headers, tends to trap moisture in and may cause corrosion.

 

Wrap the header and the exhaust...as far back as you can. The idea is not so much to keep heat away from other stuff, it's to keep the exhaust gases hot as long as you can. This helps scavenging.

 

but dc header says don't wrap the head it'll void the warrenty wtf

 

If you dont wrap header correctly it will cause the headers to crack. when you miss a spot on the header you will have a spot that is hotter or colder then the other parts of the header. This will cause a difference in heat expansion and contraction. After a while the header will crack. Therefore DC wont replace your header if it cracks because of this.

 

not only that but the dc header is crappy mild steel , rust city , crack city , that's why I wouldnt waste my time with it. ( the dc header that is )

 

its ceramic coated though

 

but the ceramic coating will die just wait. lol i just dislike mild steel and try to avoid it. at least on exhaust pieces.

off topic sorta , but why would you wrap the ac lines? i'm pretty sure thatd make little to no improved ac performance and just be a pain.

 

i've seen some where on here i think i could be wrong so don't take my word on it

that wrapping a/c lines would help cool the cabin down faster or some crud like that

 

same idea different product

found this stuff at the hardwear store looks like bubble wrap with silver for that reflective side to repleal the heat so they say i dunno what do you think about that

i saw it in 3 sizes 2inch 6inch and 3 feet and maybe 5 feet wide don't know how long it is though