[Aussie Mike]

I'm building the headers and side pipes at the moment. I'm curious as to what people have found is acceptable clearance between the primaries and the sides of the foot boxes? The closest the pipes get to the foot boxes so far is about 1-1/2". The foot boxes are fiberglass, not aluminium and will be painted the body colour. They headers will be Jet Hot coated to reduce the heat. Will the paint survive or will I need some heatshields? The resin used in the body is vinyl ester rather than poly ester and has a higher heat deflection temp. Vinyl ester deflects at 105 degres C where as poly ester resin deflects at 74 degrees C. The paint will be catalysed 2 pack but I'm not sure how it copes with the heat.

I'm also curious as to how much clearance I should have between the body of the sidepipe and the paintwork. The side pipes will be Jet Hot coated as well.

Cheers