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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