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Header issues - 8V
The 16v has a metal heat shield for the boot. Perhaps you could fabricate something similar for your 8V?
larry
sandiego16v
> 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