Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/12/18 03:20 AM Share Posted 24/12/18 03:20 AM Would it be a bad idea to run a nizpro low mount manifold without its heat shield over the top? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/12/18 03:39 AM Share Posted 24/12/18 03:39 AM with a exhaust manifold like that, under-bonnet temps are absolutely necessary to control, unless you want melted bits and pieces under the bonnet, so yes, I would run the heat shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/12/18 04:28 AM Author Share Posted 24/12/18 04:28 AM Would ceramic coating the manifold help? Or would it always need a proper heat shield in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/12/18 04:30 AM Share Posted 24/12/18 04:30 AM ceramic coating can help, but a heat shield will do a better job and allow for thermal expansion etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 10y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 24/12/18 04:39 AM Share Posted 24/12/18 04:39 AM Heat shield bro, do ceramic coating as well if you can handle the wait.I found it was a very small difference with just ceramic coating but it is a good method of rust prevention aswell.With my 6boost manifold I went with the fancy titanium heat wrap on top of the ceramic coating and it made the biggest difference. Mind you it still caused the paint fade on the bonnet where the manifold is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/12/18 06:20 AM Author Share Posted 24/12/18 06:20 AM I definitely don’t want paint fade so I guess I’ll keep the heat shield on, haven’t had a problem with it on but its just a shame to hide the manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/12/18 06:22 AM Share Posted 24/12/18 06:22 AM just take the heat shield off when you're "showing" the car, if that's your concern if you want to look at it when you're washing it or servicing it etc, that's up to you to remove the bolts and take it off haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixman Donating Members 593 Member For: 19y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Hills District, NSW Posted 30/12/18 10:07 AM Share Posted 30/12/18 10:07 AM What turbo are you running there? Did the 3xhaust manifold make much of a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 03/01/19 01:13 PM Author Share Posted 03/01/19 01:13 PM It’s a Garrett gt51r, it looks tiny in that pic but it isn’t really. Hard to compare it to a stock manifold but it would flow a heap more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilk Is on holiday from communism Member 1,282 Member For: 5y 3m 16d Gender: Female Location: Victoria Posted 03/01/19 09:23 PM Share Posted 03/01/19 09:23 PM Nice big turbo, must sound unique with that turbo and manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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