I bought a fuel line cooler. It's about 4"wide by 12" long with copper tubing and aluminum fins & comes with mounting brackets. I also bought 2 rolls of thermo tape and a 2'x1' thermo shield to help protect my manifold/TB against radiant engine heat. I'm hoping that with these products & the phenolic gaskets I can get a pretty decent cool dose of fuel/air mixture.

 

I applied the thermoshield to the intake manifold plenum & front of the runners. After driving about 1/2 hr I could place my hand fully on the intake manifold & TB, they were only slightly warm. The rest of the engine was untouchable as usual. Can't wait to install the fuel line cooler.

 

good to know someone takes heat seriously

 

Heat is a major cause engine failure. I've wanted to use some thermal wrap on my exhaust manifold but I've heard it can lead to rust and holes in the manifold any ideas?

 

what i did on the exahust manifold was yo paint it with high temp paint (for a sense of protecction)... then i wraped it up moisting the wrap instead of soaking it.
i could have used ceramic coating on it.. but the only place here in my area was kind of pricy and i had to be on foot for a week... so that wasnt an option for me...
same i did with my injen cai (wo/ painting it) installed the spacers and im considering taking the heater hoses off, sine i dont need them here. but that is still underconsideration...

 

From what I have been told...heat wrapping would only lead to rusting if moisture is somehow trapped in when you wrap the piece. Make sure that things are dry and you should be fine. PM Mitsiman about it as when I bought my headers he told me to be really careful if I was going to heat wrap them for that very reason.

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From what I've read & seen, it's not so much the moisture & resultant rust but the incredibly elevated temps created inside the exhaust tubes. Everyone knows headers run very hot but then imagine them being wrapped with a fireproof material made to withstand 2200 deg F. It's like taking a torch to the insides of your pipes. They should decay alot faster than normal. With that said, you still see alot of racers using header wrap on the track & street so I guess it's a choice again, cause there are benefits to having your exhausts wrapped.
BTW I drove my car this evening about 50 min straight ( including 1 race) and then immediately checked the manifold/TB: same deal, warm to touch. Didn't dare touch anything else, could feel the heat emanating from the valvecover!