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. Exhaust Wrap Basics: What Are Exhaust Wraps, Are There Different Types, & How Much Wrap Will I Need?

    Exhaust Wraps

    Exhaust Wraps: The Basics, Different Types, & How Much You Need

     

    Keeping more heat inside your exhaust system has multiple benefits. It increases exhaust system efficiency, reduces under-hood and under-car heat, significantly reduces the amount of heat components near the exhaust system are exposed to, and helps to reduce the risk of severely burning yourself on a hot exhaust pipe when working on your vehicle.

     

    Exhaust Wrap is one of the best ways to keep more heat in your exhaust system, especially when it comes to insulating exhaust header and manifold pipes. Heatshield Products has spent decades developing and evolving the best and most durable exhaust wraps available to insulate pipes and reduce the amount of heat they radiate. But there are some important

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  2. How to Protect Wires from Engine Heat – A Quick Guide

    Engine Wire Protection

    Safeguarding Your Vehicle with Heat Shield Engine Wire Protection 

     

    The more you drive your car, the more frequently the engine will heat cycle from “cold” to operating temperature. It’s unavoidable, but it raises a valid concern — how do you protect wires from constant engine heat exposure and direct contact with high heat sources? In this article, we’ll discuss how to protect wires from engine heat

     

    The answer is simple: install insulating engine wire protection or heat shield sleeve material that can withstand direct contact with high-temperature surfaces and is flameproof. It needs to be a material built specifically for underhood automotive applicati

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  3. Hot Laps Episode 8: Two Rings to Rule Them All

    Hot Laps Podcast Episode 8: We welcome special guests, Jim and Mike Ring to Hot Laps. We talk about our favorite cars they have made, their favorite cars they have made. They talk about their start, the challenges of building, and what pushes them to keep making race ready customs.

    Hot Laps Podcast Ring Brothers

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  4. Hot Laps Episode 7: A Racing Life with Michele Abbate

    Michele Abbate is one of our favorite driver’s we work with. Michel and her husband Anthony own GRR Racing. Michele talks about how she got involved in racing, the different classes she has raced in. We also tackle more of your tech questions so please keep them coming in!

    Hot Laps Podcast Episode 7

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  5. Hot Laps Podcast: Episode 1 - The Starting Line

    We are jumping into the podcast space. Bear with us as we work out the kinks in the first few episodes. We promise the audio will get better! In our first podcast we dive into the history of the company. How we started, how we got here, and where we are headed. Then we work our way into tech questions and answers. We tackle the big difference between our exhaust heat shield Armor series and traditional exhaust wraps. Hot Laps Podcast Presented by Heatshield Products
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