I Have A Gt In Our Shop That The Headers Caused The Brake Fluid To Boil And Fail. The Starter Wiring Also Melted. These Are Both Within Inches Of The Headers And I Was Wondering If Anyone Has Had This Happen And Produced A Remedy?
Boiling Brake Fluid
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BlackICE
GT Owner
See my post on a heat shield. This will save the starter, but I didn't check the location of the brake line.
http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=87812&postcount=22
http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=87812&postcount=22
I Like The Looks Of That Shield. Do You Know If It Works? My Mistake....it's The Clutch Fluid Line That Is Too Close And Had Failed! I'll Have To Inspect To See If The Shield Can Be Made Large Enough To Shield The Clutch Fluid Line Too.
Jim
Jim
'What about simply wrapping the header (or the clutch 'line) with ThermoTech heat wrap - or something similiar - in the effected area? Ditto the starter wires. It would SEEM that there ought to be enough room to do that ...but, I've never seen a GT header install in person.
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Gulf GT
GT Owner
usmcfred
GT Owner
Is this likely to occur with the stock OEM headers, or just with the Ford Racing Products tube headers? usmcfred
BlackICE
GT Owner
The stock ford parts have heat shields on the mainfolds and are double walled on the cats including its tubing.
thanks for the info and pics. made a copy of BlackIce's shield, wrapped the lines and starter and flushed lines with Castrol synthetic brake fluid. fluid must be changed annually and only costs $100 quart!! only time will tell.
- Aug 25, 2006
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FYI
Initially when I installed the first Stainless Works header back system I had concerns as such I used Thermal-Tec's wrap on the tubes close to the starter however because of the close fit of the tubes as they slide into the merge collector I had to remove it. It was at that point that I elected to check the radiant heat off the header with a heat gun to see how it affected the starter and other surrounding areas.
Now; likely because the tubes were ceramic thermal coated I found little or no migratory heat.
Now having shared this I chat with BlackICE regularly and I like what he did creating his shield. I feel that even with the ceramic thermal coating what BlackICE did affords an additional layer of protection and certainly peace of mind.
I have let Bony know that once I get my gal back on the lift I will look at the situation closely again and then make a final decision as to whether I feel that the risk is significant enough to warrant retro-fitting a shield on the gals with the Stainless Works headers that have been ceramic thermal coated.
Regardless a true "thumbs up" to BlackICE for sharing a very cool fix.
Takes care
Shadowman
Initially when I installed the first Stainless Works header back system I had concerns as such I used Thermal-Tec's wrap on the tubes close to the starter however because of the close fit of the tubes as they slide into the merge collector I had to remove it. It was at that point that I elected to check the radiant heat off the header with a heat gun to see how it affected the starter and other surrounding areas.
Now; likely because the tubes were ceramic thermal coated I found little or no migratory heat.
Now having shared this I chat with BlackICE regularly and I like what he did creating his shield. I feel that even with the ceramic thermal coating what BlackICE did affords an additional layer of protection and certainly peace of mind.
I have let Bony know that once I get my gal back on the lift I will look at the situation closely again and then make a final decision as to whether I feel that the risk is significant enough to warrant retro-fitting a shield on the gals with the Stainless Works headers that have been ceramic thermal coated.
Regardless a true "thumbs up" to BlackICE for sharing a very cool fix.
Takes care
Shadowman
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