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> Hey, DONT USE THE EXHAUST HEADER WRAP!!!! It will put X-Tra Heat in your > Engine! Unless you have Turbo, It isnt all that good to keep all that heat > in there eh? If I'm wrong sorry.. but in a T-3 ALL the Cooling Air comes > from the FENDERS Through that Big Boot in the back of your Car.... so having > the header unwrapped, seems hotter to open the decklid... but.... in the > longrun your engine is cooler.. I don't think you have made much of a case here. You point out correctly that the cooling air comes in elsewhere so that the wrap is irrelevant to engine cooling, but then conclude that the engine will run cooler if the wrap is left off. Why not just let ALL the heat out of the tailpipe where it can just be out of the picture? This will keep the engine and the engine compartment the coolest. But actually, as far as the engine is concerned, it really doesn't matter. Better that you should make SURE that your cooling air bellows is in good shape and that the inside of the fenders has not rusted away so that warm air can be sucked in there to "cool" the engine. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA *******************************