As you've already been told it's easy to bend that pipe, just be slow and gentle. I'm trying to remember the "trick" Ken Hill gave me. I think it was to fit a wrench over the pipe and bend it a little move the wrench and bend again. I agree with the wrap the hose idea, I wrapped all the hoses in my FM I kit with heat sleeving. I went to a local commercial supply hose that did hoses and they had it.
Larry White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 SM2 FM I+ Turbo Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow #99 SM2L JR Supercharger Whooosh 2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5 LowCountry Miata http://www.lowcountrymiataclub.net Masters Miata RAGS 074 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Milewski Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:53 PM 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
