Icelandic VTR - big update!! - Page 6 - Saxperience

Oli-VTR · 11th October 2012, 12:02

i think it is, ive got a raceland/simota style induction kit and i dont want it to melt, and also ive noticed since having a stainless manifold my engine temperature seems always to be pretty high. plus it might make it a bit more poppy and its pwetty

Brettles1986 · 11th October 2012, 12:16

By heatwrapping it you are preventing heat soak in the engine and for the price of the wrap I would say do it.

josh11490 · 11th October 2012, 12:29

How much is wrap and where's the best place to get it from? Might do it, I've managed to get a job interview so never know I might be able to make a move on with the car

Oli-VTR · 11th October 2012, 12:55

can get poop stuff off ebay i bought mine for merlinmotorsport have gone for some 15 quid stuff, theres a pick of it in my progress thread (ASW)

josh11490 · 11th October 2012, 13:44

Ill have a look later, ill probably put the manifold on and then see what it's like if it gets hot or anything ill wrap it

lwigmore · 11th October 2012, 13:50

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Originally Posted by josh11490

Ill have a look later, ill probably put the manifold on and then see what it's like if it gets hot or anything ill wrap it

It'll be easier to wrap the manifold before you put it on

Saves with faffing about fitting it then removing it to wrap it etc

josh11490 · 11th October 2012, 14:24

Yeah, I know what you mean but in impatient and Ill want to get it on as soon as I can lol

Prickle^p · 11th October 2012, 14:27

Depends on the condtion of it really. If it looks shit then wrap it. hehe...

I was going to wrap mine but passed on it... not a fan.

josh11490 · 11th October 2012, 15:06

It's mint, that's what the seller is saying and the pictures are not the best but can't see anything wrong with it except its discoloured, but I think that happens to every manifold?

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 12:37

supersprint 4-2-1 has now arrived, hopefully i should be able to get it on today. if not hopefully some time before the weekend

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 19:49

Manifold is on, will update with pictures tomorrow maybe even a video

Oli-VTR · 17th October 2012, 21:13

got mine on proper today as well, got a vid up if you wanna compare lol

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 21:18

ill try and get a video tomorrow but i gotta sort it out properly because its blowing really bad :/ i wish i wrapped it first now cos it sits real close to my oil filter ;/

Oli-VTR · 17th October 2012, 21:21

mine was blowing like mad so i went citroen n got new gasket new manifold studs nuts n that and it cost me under £5 and has solved the blow all together?

Prickle^p · 17th October 2012, 21:28

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Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

mine was blowing like mad so i went citroen n got new gasket new manifold studs nuts n that and it cost me under £5 and has solved the blow all together?

under a £5? the gasket is £5 alone lol? and my studs and nuts cost me £13 from Citroen.

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 21:44

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Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

mine was blowing like mad so i went citroen n got new gasket new manifold studs nuts n that and it cost me under £5 and has solved the blow all together?

Its coming from under the car because when i had the car on the ramps we started it up to have a quick check and we could feel it coming out of the join from the manifold to centre section.

but on my manifold it has like a seperate peice that bolts on just before the centre section join? i think it blowing from there as well, so im going to smother it in firegum tomorrow i think, see if that does anything, i also need to get my lambda sensor out of my old manifold to put it on the supersprint to get rid of the engine management light :/

Oli-VTR · 17th October 2012, 22:10

yeah i put most of a tin of firegum on the little section that joins the downpipe to the centre section, and a new fire ring between that pipe and the centre section, and i just taped over the engine light lol

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 22:20

haha i might just put loads on it and see if it cures it lol then when i can ill sort it properly.

does yours still run ok with the engine light on? im hoping mine will pop and bang a little bit as well, i havent been out too far in it yet :/ too skint to put petrol in the thing haha

Oli-VTR · 17th October 2012, 22:39

yeah seems to run fine hasnt gone into limp mode or anything like that, dunno if im lucky or what but it seems fine..

josh11490 · 17th October 2012, 23:05

yeah, think im going to run mine for a while and see how it is, need to get another manifold and cat for mot anyways, my second lambda literally fell out with a chunk of the standard manifold still attached and it had a big crack in it haha