Heat Shield wrapping downpipe?

TANG2864 · 08-05-2016, 12:31 PM

would heatshield wrapping my catless downpipe be beneficial in keeping underhood temps down?

M-terkait · 08-06-2016, 09:16 AM

wrapping Headers/turbofold would keep temperature down, but the downpipe is too deep not sure if worth it.

Jeff@TopGearSolutions · 08-10-2016, 10:10 AM

It would help but I prefer a ceramic coated option personally. For example, the VRSF downpipe comes standard with that option. It looks like you already have a Wagner. You could consider wrapping it and see if it helps but if it were my downpipe, I'd want to do it right with ceramic. I know it definitely helped on the N54 platform for my personal vehicle.

mike@x-ph.com · 08-10-2016, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TANG2864

would heatshield wrapping my catless downpipe be beneficial in keeping underhood temps down?

How often do you track your car?

For daily driving it will not make any difference .. On the track it might, but i have never seen a direct comparison to tell you whether it is worth it or not

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Jeff@TopGearSolutions 3441 Rep 79,211 Posts Drives: C6 Z06, 09 335i, 10 335xi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: www.TopGearSolutions.com iTrader: (37)	It would help but I prefer a ceramic coated option personally. For example, the VRSF downpipe comes standard with that option. It looks like you already have a Wagner. You could consider wrapping it and see if it helps but if it were my downpipe, I'd want to do it right with ceramic. I know it definitely helped on the N54 platform for my personal vehicle.
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