There are many heat insulators available for race
applications.  Try Summit Racing online for starters.

I will agree that wrapping the exhaust really helps
keep the engine bay cooler and the exhaust gases
moving out the tailpipe.

Be prepared for the heat insulation to cost as much as
a complete Vanagon exhaust system.  They do work.

--- jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote:
> Insulated all of my hi performance engines on my
> bugs when I was running
> them.  Cant say it did anything for noise but it
> kept the heat from the
> exhaust away from other things.  As for the heat
> seeping into the van after
> parked...nothing other than a really heavy isulating
> of the firewall and lid
> area will do anything about that.
>
> On the bugs I had a double layer firewall with a
> cover of sheet metal.  Both
> for heat insulation and sound insulation.
>
> jimt
>
> On 5/19/05 7:43 AM, "John Rodgers"
> <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>
> > I've given some thought to putting an insulating
> wrap on the exhaust
> > system  of my van to help alleviate some of the
> heat that soaks the
> > engine area and to help dampen noise.
> >
> > I know there is a trade off when this is done.
> Heat held in the exhaust
> > will burn out the pipes sooner. But that heat
> escaping through the pipes
> > cooks everything back there, especially  in the
> summer time, and it
> > seeps into the vehicle interior as well, when the
> engine shuts down.
> >
> > Has anyone had any experience - positive or
> negative - with applying and
> > insulating wrap to the pips??
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> >
>

Dylan Friedman

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89 Wolfsburg GL

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