barneymg@ntsource.com wrote:
>
> At 03:13 PM 1/31/02 -0500, Mike Janacek wrote:
> >.... from the MG Enthusiasts BBS. The poster stated that metal side should
> >go toward the "heat".
>
> I always figured the metal side should go towards the heat too, which is
> why I always put it with the metal side toward the manifold. The head is
> water cooled and the exhaust manifold is not. Under hard running
> conditions (or even moderate) the exhaust manifold will be running much
> hotter than the cylinder head. The only problem (if you can call it that)
> I have ever had putting it that way around is that the fiber side then
> sticks to the head, and sometimes you have to scrape it off later.
>
> For some (wierd and unknown) reason I still believe the metal side should
> go towards the head, but I just haven't heard a good logical reason for it
> (yet).
"Because that way it doesn't stick to the head?" ;)
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