By Wednesday I will have my full S.Steel exhaust installed. I've been told both I should use exhaust wrap on it all and also it'd be completely pointless.
Now, Yes the highly polished headers will be very attractive....but I don't foresee them staying all to clean for very long
Anyways, is it worth it to wrap it all? Honest opinions?

 

Wrapping is for heat reasonings. I would not wrap anything unless your down south in extreme high temps and plan to tow alot.

 

Well people round here wanna believe we "down south" but I'm in NC. And no I don't plan on towing much nothing, besides moving a bike or **** in the bed.

 

I wouldn't bother wrapping them in that case.

 

Ok thanks

 

No need to wrap.

 

New question, will my stock header bolts work for my new headers? The new manifold is 3/8" thick. I haven't been able to go try and measure the thickness of the stock manifold cause I been working all weekend from before the sun comes up and well after it goes down.
But any rough guess-Timations would be cool.

 

Why is it when I decided I want to steal my dads '52 F100 and built a HotRod street truck, does he say
"oh I traded that away to my buddy to repaint two the Harleys"
Lil sad, it was pretty much only half a the truck. No bed, or guts. And I do like the '53-56 way better. But that's my luck. Every one pray I can buy one the '57 Chevy pick ups off him.

 

The OEM manifold bolts SUCK. Best off getting a good set of stainless grade 8 locking stud bolts.

 

I would NOT re-use stock bolts.

 

Dan, ok sounds good. Just means it'll be that much nicer....gotta have patience.
Thanks

 

I checked the stock headers, they have studs not bolts. And they do look long enough for the new headers.
I'm still looking for some stainless studs, everyone saying grade 8. So ill find some them, and suggestions?

 

Don't really know any companies other than Ford Racing that produce manifold/header bolts, but thats what they are, bolts. Check out your local Fastenal/Lowes/hardware equivalent store for a black oxide unplated grade 8 stud.

 

Maybe pretty, but the best header bolts are not stainless steel.

I've used stainless bolts, real good ones even, and for high strength in cast iron or steel or even in aluminum, I'll go with good graded high strength carbon steel.

Stainless bolts have a nasty habit of gauling just when you least need it.

And the racers habit of using high heat header wrap to wrap the headers helps keep the exhaust gases super hot and velocity up from the head to collector thus helping power. Lower haet to other parts of the car is a secondary benifit.

Waste of time wrapping a whole exhaust system on a street vehicle.

 

I'll look into it thanks.