A friend in England made the mistake of wrapping his factory Windsor headers on his GT5-S. He went to change his spark plugs and happened to grab a header pipe and it crushed in his hand. The metal was GONE. The only thing left in that place was crystallized header wrap! I sent him a set of coated headers and he has lived happily ever after. Mike Sent from my iPad
On Apr 18, 2025, at 10:55, Dan <dan@excaliburre.com> wrote:
They lasted for a year or two. Then my headers cracked during an amateur “track” day at old Holtville Air Force Base where each concrete slab on the old runways had lifted a couple of inches, and causing sharp jolts. When I took off the wrap I found the headers had rusted.
Dan
From: Ken and Lela MacArthur <klckmac@msn.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 10:49 AM To: Dan Courtney <dan@excaliburre.com>; Mike Drew <mikeldrew@aol.com> Cc: detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Re: DeTomaso Digest, Vol 250, Issue 14
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From: Dan Courtney <[1]dan@excaliburre.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 9:23 AM To: Mike Drew <[2]mikeldrew@aol.com>; Ken and Lela MacArthur <[3]klckmac@msn.com> Cc: [4]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com <[5]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Re: DeTomaso Digest, Vol 250, Issue 14
Header wraps were the rage in 1992. One of the LA vendors put them on mine.
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From: Mike Drew <[7]mikeldrew@aol.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2025 8:39:05 AM To: Ken and Lela MacArthur <[8]klckmac@msn.com> Cc: Dan Courtney <[9]dan@excaliburre.com>; [10]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com <[11]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Re: DeTomaso Digest, Vol 250, Issue 14
Well, that’s the point. They DON’T sell this stuff for regular driving. It’s designed exclusively for disposable racing headers. But silly people automatically thing ‘racing’ means ‘better’. In many cases that can be true, but in some cases, like this, it’s a catastrophe. Mike Sent from my iPad
On Apr 18, 2025, at 08:29, Ken and Lela MacArthur <[12]klckmac@msn.com> wrote:
Great for a 1-time trip down the drag strip. I can't believe they still sell this stuff for regular driving.
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It's true. They rotted my MindTrains. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get [1]Outlook for Android __________________________________________________________________ From: [16]detomaso-request@server.detomasolist.com <[17]detomaso-request@server.detomasolist.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 9:01:26 PM To: [18]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com <[19]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> Subject: DeTomaso Digest, Vol 250, Issue 14 Send DeTomaso mailing list submissions to [20]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [21]detomaso-request@server.detomasolist.com You can reach the person managing the list at [22]detomaso-owner@server.detomasolist.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of DeTomaso digest..." Daily Detomaso List Digest Today's Topics: 1. The dangers of using header wrap (Mike Drew)
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