Wreck to Race.

[Peter Jones]

Round 2

[Peter Jones]

Pulled the extractors out today and welded them up. Two of the pipes had come adrift at the first collector.

If you were wondering why heat wrapping mainfolds reduces their life, take a look at these photos.

Looks like some sort of annealing process going on.

These things would be glowing red hot during a race, they're not going to stand up to much more than another year of this I think.













Re-wrapped and ready to go back in.

[Stiggy_21]

looking good dilbert!!
thats some serious crackage
what does wrapping the exhaust manifold actually achieve?? does it keep the heat in the pipes to keep the engine cooler?:S

[Preen59]

Helps with flow. Hot exhaust gas doesn't like to pass thru a cold pipe. The pipe takes away the energy and you lose gas speed. Keep the pipes hot, less energy lost= Better flow.

[Peter Jones]

Helps with flow. Hot exhaust gas doesn't like to pass thru a cold pipe. The pipe takes away the energy and you lose gas speed. Keep the pipes hot, less energy lost= Better flow.

Yeah, wot he said. Am trying to keep engine bay temps down too.

[zbeasty]

Have you thought about ceramic coating? They don't seem to have the same problem with ceramic coated pipes.

[Peter Jones]

Have you thought about ceramic coating? They don't seem to have the same problem with ceramic coated pipes.

Yes I have. I fact I have done that to one of my other cars.

This set was second hand when I got it and not a good candidate for coating.

[Peter Jones]

Round 3 footage. Should be available in HD in a little while.

[Peter Jones]

Round 4 video with interior footage.

Watch for the spin at 7:58. I had just cleared a couple of back markers ansd was trying too hard to put some distance between them and me before I got onto the straight.

[Peter Jones]

Round 5. No PiP 'cos the interior camera went flat.

My fastest lap times of the day.