Look you heat soak to pipes and they crack. The wrap is subject to absorbing oil becoming flammable. If you need local heat shields you can use a stainless steel shield clamped on (like cars have heat shields around the cat converter). You can also insulate or protect objects that are too close to the pipes.hgerhardt said:Anyone have any negative reports associated with wrapping the exhaust tubes? Dan C, you've got many hours on your wrap job by now, so how's it holding up?
Heinrich Gerhardt
RV-6, almost flying
George:gmcjetpilot said:There you have it, 5 opinions and all different or almost all
-Wrap will hurt the pipes but don't care, buy new pipes
-Wrap is a pain and made the pipes look distressed, but the ceramic is working well so far
-Wrap is bad, ceramic good (inside and out)
-Wrap is wounderful and Dan is the Man!
-Wrapping destroyed or nearly destroyed my pipes, ceramic coating is also bad.
ha ha ha
I just like to say, well done!
I didn't wrap any of the slip joints, Ys, or ball joints. The likely spots for cracks. They're inspectable. Flame on, it's HORRIBLE for the exhaust!!!frankh said:The more serious issue for me is that if you do get a crack how will you spot it under the insulation?...CO poisoning being the risk here.
I'm a little more concerned about pipe failure and the subsequent possible inflight fire (double Yikes!! ), more than accessory heat.frankh said:Just an interesting experiment to observe. As you rightly say Dan, the $800 exhaust IS the low cost component...
Yikes! Frank
gmcjetpilot said:I'm a little more concerned about pipe failure and the subsequent possible inflight fire