Heat Wrap Tech Tips & News – Welcome to the Heatshield Blog

Heatshield is your source for USA-made heat wrap products, as well as for the latest news, industry trends, and tutorials. In the blog articles below, you can read about topics such as why we make the best header wrap and intake heatshield materials on the market, pro tips on installation, product applications, and more.

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  1. Why Does My Exhaust Wrap Smoke?

    Why is my Exhaust Wrap Smoking?

    You’ve finished installing your freshly wrapped headers and exhaust but a few minutes after firing up the engine, you notice your exhaust wrap smoking from the engine bay and exhaust. You open the hood and nothing is on fire, but your freshly installed exhaust heat wrap is smoking like it’s going to catch on fire. Not to worry—this is actually normal for newly installed high temp exhaust tape that has not yet been exposed to heat!

    Exhaust and header wraps are made with binders which are specially formulated starches that give the wrap’s fibers some structu

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  2. UNWRAP THE BS: THE TRUTH ABOUT EXHAUST WRAP TAPE AND HEADER WRAPS

    The Truth About Quality Header Wraps

    Think all exhaust heat wrap tape and header wraps are the same? The correct answer is an emphatic “NO!” They might look the same, but exhaust wrap myths are abundant. The truth is that the design of heat shield material can differ greatly between brands. This means that taking the cheap route when choosing an exhaust wrap can often lead to nightmares, not to mention a waste of valuable money and time. Heatshield Products’ co-owner, Steve Heye, has seen one too many cheap heat wrap products go wrong during his career in the thermal-barrier indus

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