What should I do? What would you do? Poll ?? (nt)

[Tangarine-Dream]

[Tangarine-Dream]

Here's the image that didn't work with the original posting. I hope it works.

[FunElan]

Leave it showing!!! Good to see you today, can't wait to see this thing finished.

-Matt

[MAD02]

1. Just wrap the plug wires with heat reflective tape

This stuff sticks like a MOFO

http://www.jcwhitney.com/COOL-IT-ADHESIVE-BACKED-HEAT-BARRIER/GP_2002968_N_111+10201+600002669_10101.jcw

2. Where did you get that cool looking exhaust manifold!

[flynbimmer]

Where did the manifold come from?.....Did you have it ceramic coated?

TIA,

Mike

[Tangarine-Dream]

Matt, it was indeed good to see you today! Your car looked so cool...cruzin around MB. Man it just made me smile.

The exhaust is a bitchin piece! It's ceramic coated and comes as is from Tom @ 02 Again. He makes them and they flow exactly like a tii header if not better and half the weight, roughly 8lbs.

With the new kid I don't get much time to work on the car. I'm hoping to be done sometime in the Fall. I suppose that too is wishful thinking. At least I can build the linkage and intake manifold, plus a few other items. The Megasquirt will hold me back a bit as it is not cheap, but worth it.

[mtriple]

Interesting question. I just snapped this yesterday while I was checking on the car's work progress at the shop:

Looks like I will be going the 320 gasket way...with a little cleavage to show

Hamada

[TobyB]

See, if you leave the pipe showing and it eats your plug wires

then you have to leave it by the side of the road,

some jerk might come by and steal the nice pipe,

so I'd use the 318 gasket...

it gets HOT down there!

fwiw,

t

[a54atii]

I have the 320 gasket with the 02Again header on my '73. The header sticks up a little higher than the stock manifold and I like the fact that the gasket helps to protect the plug wires and my hands. It runs cooler than the stock header but I still don't want to accidently touch it with my hands if I'm messing with the the plugs or wires.

Just my $.02,

Karl

[BarryA]

for at least 4 years with the small gasgets with no plug wire problems at all (since ceramic-coating headers or manifolds reduces the exterior temp of the manifold significantly, the heat deflector gasget may not be needed).

[02Les]

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[johns1974]

sorry to hijack this for a second... Hamada, where is your car getting the work done? TIA

[TMK-001]

I thought the ceramic coating reduced temperatures? You should be fine sans late model gasket...

[mtriple]

sorry to hijack this for a second... Hamada, where is your car getting the work done? TIA

Ronin Autowerks in Fullerton. I am hoping to get it back after 2 weeks.

http://roninautowerks.com/services/bmw_carb_tuning.html

hamada