Which is better to reduce heat and such....? Take off the Oem sheild so air can circulate better...plus you can see them, thats always a plus, Wrap'em and remove the sheild?...leave it alone...?....or do both?

 

http://www.jet-hot.com/

 

Agreed.....Wrapping the header really isnt good and probably will cause it to crack over time....covering with the oem shield is okay but then you cant see the nice new header....Jet hot and its cooler in temp and nicer to look at!!!

 

i dont even think anyone has put the OEM heat shield over an aftermarket header. also is it possible?

 

id like to know if u u can put back the OEM heat shield too....id like to put an MMW header on there but i dont want cops giving me heat if they see header.

 

Someone actually put the OEM heat shield over the Megan Racing Header. Someone made a post about it, you probably need to search. i would, but im leaving work and heading to class...

 

I did, but took it off, couldn't see the header at shows, so i took it off. There's some cutting here, some cutting there, a home made bracket here and there, mine was ghetto rigged, thats another reason why I took it off.

 

i see i wonder has anyone who is s/c'ed put it back on

 

I'm going to be trying that as well just as soon as I get my supercharger installed(I have it, just saving up for the install), but I'm going to try something diff. I'm thinking of cuttingn the heat shield in half(not vertically, but across, we'll see).

 

hmmmm...not to sound like an idiot (which is admittedly what i am when it comes to car stuff) u can't simply put on an aftermarket header and than simply bolt back on the OEM heat shield? as i said, i don't really care about shows, but i dont want trouble from cops who pop a hood or extra touchy emissions ppl? from what i can understand from the poster above, i can do it...but it's not simply just putting it back on?

 

it has to be modified to be put back on

 

ditto

Had my Alphawerks header coated.. first off it looks absolutly beautiful, second it helped cut down on engine bay heat by a lot...

If you get a header... get Jet Hot... period .... for performance and protection

 

Here's a pic:


As I said before, mine was ghetto rigged, I did one home made bracket on the top left corner and the rest was held in by some metal wire, the one spot where the O2 sensor is has to be notched out of the heat shield with some cutting tool to make it fit(if you test fit it you'll know what I mean by this). Other then that it stayed in place and I did noticed that my intake piping was not as hot from when i had it opened.