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Removing heater tin from exhaust pipe, good or bad idea? |
mobymutt |
Feb 15 2019, 09:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 16-December 13 From: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 16,770 Region Association: Canada |
I've been considering cutting the heater tin off the exhaust pipe. It's in the way of doing valve adjustments, and it's just an oil and dirt collector. It does seem to be in good shape though.
My car did not come with any of the related engine-side heater stuff, other than the heat exchanger itself. So I don't currently have heat, nor do I have any plans to add heat. The car is an autocross toy and occasional weekend driver. However, I have been trying to make only modifications that are relatively easily reversible, to preserve any future value of having a 'stock' car. I don't want to destroy something that has value. I searched the site, but didn't find much info. Thoughts? |
tmessenger |
Feb 15 2019, 10:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 6-December 18 From: Iowa Member No.: 22,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
My car came with no heat exchanger just the original 2L headers with the tin removed. These headers had been ceramic coated and I wanted to keep them so I took the tin exchanger off of another one cleaned it up and installed on the ceramic coated header.
You can just fold back the tin hem on both sides and remove and reinstall at a later date or cut it off altogether if you like, just don't cut the pipe. Tim |
ndfrigi |
Feb 16 2019, 10:37 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,956 Joined: 21-August 11 From: Orange County Member No.: 13,474 Region Association: Southern California |
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mobymutt |
Feb 16 2019, 11:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 16-December 13 From: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 16,770 Region Association: Canada |
Great, thanks all!
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