Thermo-Tec and DEI both make a wide range of diameter heat barrier sleeving and heat barrier flex tubing. I wraped the heater hoses with them and in one spot the Begi dp makes slight contact with the Dei tubing, but has not burned through it after 4K miles. I also inspected the heater hoses and they appear fine so far with no sign of rubber deterioration. On my to do list is to replace them both with silicone, but the only place I have seen them available is by one of the UK miata parts vendors.
I did not wrap the aluminum hard pipe that runs below the exh manifold, but I plan to do this when I take the turbo off to add the water line pipe extenders - and to get the turbine outlet coated with thermal barrier. Anyhow, just some additional ideas... Mike -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Murray, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Or you can check here: > http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=791 > > There are several pages of sleeving. Wrapping the heater lines rather than > the > header makes more sense to me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephanie Turner > Sent: Wednesday, 09 April, 2008 13:07 > To: 'Aleksandr Milewski'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Header to heater hose clearance and insulation > > The heater hard line will bend. Just be gentle. You can also wrap the heater > line, itself, in some heat reflecting wrap. We have some in stock, and you > can > purchase from summit racing as well. > > http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&Ntt=THE%2D14 > 001&searchinresults=false&N=700+115&y=7&x=48 > > > Stephanie > > BEGi/Bell Engineering > Phone: 830-438-2890 > Fax: 830-438-8361 > www.bellengineering.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Milewski > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Header to heater hose clearance and insulation > > To solve an interference problem between the FM butterfly brace and the stock > downpipe on my car, I threw in an El Cheapo Grande eBay header. > ($110 shipped!) > > The header seems fine, actually, but the #4 runner is *very* close to the > heater > hose. To keep it from melting instantly, I've wrapped it in foil, but I need > to > do something better than that. > > I'm worried about trying to bend the hardline that runs under the header, > since > I can see it cracking almost instantly, so I guess I'm looking for a way to > insulate it. > > Keith has described how header wrap destroyed a header in short order. > What was that failure mode? Would something like the Track Dog Racing blanket > have the same problem? > > Any ideas (that keep the heater working :D ) are welcome. > > Thanks, > Zandr > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
