Header issues - 8V

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

Plus you can add that shield to the earlier engines...

Peter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: "'Dan Bubb'" <jdbubb@verizon.net>; "'Cory Langford'" 
<Cory_Langford@bcit.ca>; "'Scirocco list'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:59 AM
Subject: RE: Header issues - 8V


> Most of the VW I've had did use a similar shield.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:23 AM
> To: Cory Langford; Scirocco list
> Subject: Re: Header issues - 8V
>
> The MK IV 1.8T engine came with a really nice little heat shield that
> bolted to the back of the engine and curved up over the inner CV boot.
> You can see a picture of it here:
> http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/jdbubb/Misc/Dsc00590.jpg
> Anyway, I believe the bolt holes in the back of the 1.8T block are the
> same as the early 4 cylinder engines.
> Dan
>
> From: "Cory Langford" <Cory_Langford@bcit.ca>
> To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:15 PM
> Subject: Header issues - 8V
>
>
>>
>>
>> Well, I have a header (no clue which brand as it was attached to a
> parts
>> car I bought) that seems to be causing the cv boots to fail.
>>
>> The header is a 4 into 1 model, and the collector that all 4 pipes run
> to
>> is close to the inner cv.  The first time the cv boot actually melted,
> so I
>> wrapped the header and installed a new cv boot.  This time it lasted
>> longer, but it is very brittle again and is cracking.
>>
>> I was just wondering if there were brands of headers for an 8V that
> address
>> this issue?  Which brand do you use and do you have a problem with
> heat
>> affecting the inner cv boot
>> ?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Cory
>
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