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Old May 3, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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So.. I need to make an effective heat shield to keep a downpipe from melting rubber motor mounts... My question is... are you better off making it from a fairly thick aluminum sheet or just use some standard sheet metal?

I know that the aluminum will be more of a heat sink... but in the end will that just make the temps behind that shield constantly hot?

Or in the end will it not make any difference?... Thoughts?...
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Let's try your luck in Forced Induction rather than Advanced Engineering... Moved.
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Wrap the down pipe with exhaust wrap. Problem solved.
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Wrap the down pipe with exhaust wrap. Problem solved.
Think that will do enough?...
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Yes. you can pretty much touch the stuff with your hand when its running.
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go to autozone, or other, and pick up some Hi-Temp silicone coating spray stuff. Heatwrap over that and you should be okay.

Actually, it depends on how far away the mounts are but my A/C drain line was okay a little over 1" away from my downpipe.
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Originally Posted by Silver_TransAm
Wrap the down pipe with exhaust wrap. Problem solved.
x2 -- I wrapped my crossover pipe and it ran about 1/2 under my plastic fan shroud and 3 years later its still fine.
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OK then, that's what I will do! Thanks!
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