Rusting issues with longtubes
My Jet Hots have a slight tint of rust to them down by the collectors that easily comes off with some aluminum polish. I clean the rust off every oil change to keep it from building up.
BTW Corsa sounds awesome with Longtubes and a Catted Y pipe!
BTW Corsa sounds awesome with Longtubes and a Catted Y pipe!
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Staging Lane
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From: PA
Originally Posted by PewterSS01
my jet hots are rusting undrneath but I had to drive my car this entire winter (a lot of salt on the roads). My hooker ORY actually rusted less. Of course now I have the new QTP catted y-pipe which looks great
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From: PA
Originally Posted by Ryan02SS
My Jet Hots have a slight tint of rust to them down by the collectors that easily comes off with some aluminum polish. I clean the rust off every oil change to keep it from building up.
BTW Corsa sounds awesome with Longtubes and a Catted Y pipe!
BTW Corsa sounds awesome with Longtubes and a Catted Y pipe!
1ssmokinls1, The SS is a daily all year rain or shine or snow driver along with my lifted TJ Wrangler. So it see's plenty of salt, snow, water etc. After driving on salty roads use a garden hose to rinse off the collectors after about 10 mins of cooling. I 've found this really helps to keep them from rusting. Every oil change polish them up with a good aluminum polish and they will shine just don't let the rust build up too much. If your car sits outside all winter I would upon storage hit the headers with a fogging oil of some sort to also help in preventing rust.
Originally Posted by ratio411
Underhood heat is normal, how is that a benefit?
The underhood temp is higher because the headers are dissipating heat... that is one of the header's good points.
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Staging Lane
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From: PA
Originally Posted by Ryan02SS
1ssmokinls1, The SS is a daily all year rain or shine or snow driver along with my lifted TJ Wrangler. So it see's plenty of salt, snow, water etc. After driving on salty roads use a garden hose to rinse off the collectors after about 10 mins of cooling. I 've found this really helps to keep them from rusting. Every oil change polish them up with a good aluminum polish and they will shine just don't let the rust build up too much. If your car sits outside all winter I would upon storage hit the headers with a fogging oil of some sort to also help in preventing rust.
I would skip on the WD40 and try and find a fogging oil of some sort. If you have any local marine or waterski shops they will have it. Us boaters use it upon storing our boats for the winter. I spray it directly into the Holley 850 carb on my 360 SBC to lubricate the cylinder walls and everything else to keep it from rusting during the winter. Another good rust preventer is a product in a spray can called BreakFree CLP. Very good stuff that I use on my firearms all the time. HTH
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: PA
Originally Posted by Ryan02SS
I would skip on the WD40 and try and find a fogging oil of some sort. If you have any local marine or waterski shops they will have it. Us boaters use it upon storing our boats for the winter. I spray it directly into the Holley 850 carb on my 360 SBC to lubricate the cylinder walls and everything else to keep it from rusting during the winter. Another good rust preventer is a product in a spray can called BreakFree CLP. Very good stuff that I use on my firearms all the time. HTH
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