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Subject:Re: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
From:Tom Buese
Date:Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:22:50 -0600

On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Ken Lewis wrote:

> The reason I have always heard to wrap the exhaust pipes is to keep
> the
> exhaust gas from cooling off and hence, expanding.  Expansion
> causes the
> flow to slow down and hinders combustion chamber scavange. Since
> our headers
> aren't designed with scavange in mind I doubt it would help much.
>
> As an added benifit it really does reduce engine compartment
> temperatures.
> Which makes it hard to cook lunch: http://tinyurl.com/yluzag

A classic book!  Wonder how the recipes work on a wasserleaker or AC
engine.

Pax,

Mr. BZ-can you say tinfoil dinners to go?

> Bon Appetit
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/