Stock manifold blankets
- Thread starter sweetdiesel
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Mine are getting cold at night.....Got something to keep em warm?
I have the only set of stock manifold blankets on my truck at the moment. To be honest, I haven't been selling them because I didn't notice any real measurable changes after I installed them. While I did already have a full blanket kit (turbo, up-pipes, and wrapped downpipe) I hoped that I would notice at least a small change in underhood temps, spool up, and/or overall boost. Even though underhood temps were quite low before I installed the manifold blankets.
I can only figure that the stock heat shields on the manifolds do a good enough job of keeping radiant heat down so underhood temp changes with the blankets is very small. The manifolds also get more airflow across them compared to other hot parts. So they don't bake underhood parts as much as turbo's and up-pipes do. Until you go to a tubular type header that radiates more heat and doesn't have a heat shield of any form.
Long story short, I will sell them if someone is determined on having a set but I want to be upfront and honest about what I found. Until I can revisit this and do testing on a non-blanketed truck and find good results.
Sorry for the long winded reply Simon, I guess a simple, "Sure, they work great" would have worked. Smoke and mirrors isn't really my thing though. :angel:
K I'm determined
Not looking for performance gain. Looking for radiant issues with a custom set up.
But thanks for your honest opinion Levi:hug:
Not looking for performance gain. Looking for radiant issues with a custom set up.
But thanks for your honest opinion Levi:hug:
Somehow I expected this. :rofl: I'm waiting on material that should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. When it shows I'll give you a shout and get some made up.
what if you took your heatshield off and the bolts broke off and you can't even get them out with an easy out, would a blanket be a good idea or are they okay without anything?
I havnt had stock heat shields on my truck for a long time now.
If you where determined to run them.....Try using a stainless zip tie
I just didn't know if they were needed..didn't know if they would be too close to anything to melt it..
I didn't have to remove the drivers side, the only reason I took the ps off was because I broke 2 heat shield bolts and 2 uppipe bolts off so I just put another manifold on..if I don't need one then I won't worry about it..