[Supras] Exhaust wrap and SS pipes...

[Jeff Mohler]

What SS is it?  For high heat use, you have to use the right stuff, SS
can get brittle under high heat.

On 12/11/06, Brian Walker <Brian.Walker at timmons.com> wrote:
> Just a note for others, I was hunting down a slight, audible exhaust
> leak a couple of weeks ago. Sounded to be coming from header/turbo area.
> Was thinking it was likely a gasket due to the minor sound of the leak.
> I ran one event and it was noticeably louder throughout the event. One
> the trip home, the sound grew to that of a turbo diesel. I got home and
> started looking for a leak. I looked at the exhaust wrap I've had on my
> SS RT downpipe for ~4 years and noticed some of it had come apart. I
> pulled it loose and found that 2 bands of the flex section had broken
> apart around half the circumference of the pipe. After removing the rest
> of the wrap, the pipe looked fairly rusted. This was supposed to be a SS
> pipe but I'm thinking the wrap was holding enough moisture to corrode
> the flex section (it's possible the flex wasn't SS)
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> I had figured using wrap on a SS pipe would be fine as far as corrosion
> but it looks like I was wrong. I'll get the next one ceramic coated
> since that's held up well for me in the past.
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> Brian W-88T
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