*WARNING* Cat-back melting the gas tank...Found when putting on the true duals.
02-11-2005, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Ok, but if you read his whole post, it was melting the tank thru the heat shield at first.......
02-11-2005, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Another_User
I am totally not seeing how the next step would be to remove the shield and use crappy fiberglass header wrap.
02-12-2005, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Don't get me wrong I agree with that, personally I would not have removed it either, but my point was just that even with the heat shield in place he was still getting the melting condition. This means that people should be aware that if their over-the-axle pipe is touching the heat shield they may be doing damage they can't even see, hence the validity of the warning.....
Thats the only reason I posted this, I did what I thought best, and the heat shield was not cheap wrap.
http://www.thermotec.com/products/full/11600/11600.html
I thought it would be better and I tried adjusting for more clearance,
But if I can help one car from going KABOOM, thats great.
