Exhaust heat shield question

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

I removed mine from my 8v;s as well never had a problem, and the aftermarket
downpipes do not come with any sheild, if your worried about heat, you could
get one of those "strap down on downpipe covers heatsheilds" summit racing
sells, like 3)$ for a 4ft section with clamps, they say 90% prevention of
heat dissipation..

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ATS - Patrick Bureau - http://ats.longcoeur.com
ATS A1 Parts eBay Sales - http://tinyurl.com/22e5b 

->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wagner
->Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:19 PM
->To: 'C Boyko'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
->Subject: RE: Exhaust heat shield question
->
->Nothing but rattle traps. Most heat shields are to fields 
->from the high temps generated by cats. Keeps them from 
->burning the field, I removed all of them from my 16v and 
->haven't burst into flames yet.
->
->Brian
->
->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of C Boyko
->Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:15 PM
->To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
->Subject: Exhaust heat shield question
->
->Okay, I was all set to finally rivet this thing in place, but 
->instead decided to yank it. Am I seriously gonna overheat 
->anything without it? (If so I may just let the puppy cook, 
->cars have not been my friend this evening
->- can you tell it was the "oh so fun to work on" DD before I 
->tore into the second victim?) This is on the 16V, and it 
->still has a cat, not sure how functional it is anymore, it 
->went through a "I have a rabid squirrel trapped inside of me" 
->phase when the car was running rich, pretty sure it's a bit 
->toasted. It sure
->
->made some wierd noises.
->
->So, do I really have to worry about it? Who's tossed theirs? 
->Did you die?
->
->Cathy
->
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