Same experience here.
Used the wrap on my son's Midget LCB Janspeed header and it lasted less
than two months before a weld cracked.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:01:05 +1100 "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
writes:
>The experience amongst our race buddies is that headers which are
>wrapped in the thermo wrap rust out very quickly. Welds have been seen
>to crack also.
>
>The people who have used the ceramic coating (e.g. jet hot) are pretty
>happy.
>They report slightly lower engine bay temps and the life is *meant* to
>be
>very
>very good.
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>
>To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 7:32 AM
>Subject: MGB Header Wrap?
>
>
>>I just purchased my long center branch header from British
>>Automotive and the proprietor, Doug Jackson, advised against
>>using header wrap for heat abatement. He suggested that
>>over time, it would make the pipe brittle and prone to
>>cracking.
>>
>>Does anyone else have opinions on this? I'm tempted to wrap
>>the header anyway and take my chances. Please advise.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Andy
>>--
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Andy Ramm
>>A silver face in a tweed world.
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>>"What we play is the blues, straight from the delta, and I
>>believe we'll make it on that," B.B. King
>>
>>
>>By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), Sec.227(b)(1)(C) and
>>Sec.227(b)(3)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited
>>advertisement to this equipment. A violation of the
>>aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover
>>actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for
>>each violation.
>>
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