Jim,
I am left hanging like all of us. Sometimes the suppliers drive me CRAZY. They keep telling me they will ship headers and then I wait...and...wait...wait...wait.
I guess one day I am going to have to do what we have done with many of our other suppliers--drop them and do it ourselves. The only problem is the tube bender is over 200K!
Current status of stainless headers = I wish I knew. I will update when and if I get any information. I talked with him on Friday and I got the same answer…no answer.
Lew,
I have never wrapped stainless headers. I know the last set I was around were so nice I couldn't believe it. The headers were very cool, you could even touch them with your hand and not get burned on the mufflers. I couldn't believe it. The headers were very expensive, however, as they were made out of 321 stainless. Most pipes are made out of 304 which does not have the same properties at temperature but is much, much cheaper. Mild steel headers rust out more quickly when they are wrapped because chemical reactions speed up tremendously with temperature. As the temperature in the pipe goes up, the corrosive gasses eat the pipe much, much faster.
David
