[RICK LAKE]

Steve Metler Steve I rapped my pipes with DEI tape. It's a pain in the butt if you have to remove the side pipes and try and align them again I ended up with Sleeves and clips on the pipes. Rumor was flying around when I did this that the exhaust pipes would rust out. Mine where hot coated from ERA. 17 years and the pipes are still ok. I also have a heat problem under the hood. I resovled it by adding 2 4" bildge fans blowing the air out of the gills on the front fenders. The Sleeves dropped the temp by 25%. The bigger thing was these little fans, ( one on each side). Al you do is mount them on the heat shield above the headers and have them blow out the air. Need a switch, good 30A relay, basic wiring for a curcuit. I added temp shield on both fans because of the heat. temps are down anther 30%. You will need an Alt that can handle the extra load to the system. I run a 95 amp setup. A 60 will not handle the extra load. A good boat store sells these fans.
Other thought on this is to add louvers to the hood. I was lucky with a fiberglass hod from ERA and added a set of KR 500 hood louvers to my hood. They also helped alot in the beginning. They look cool too. Rick L.