Exhaust Spinifex Fires

Ingo,
SOMEone's going to nail you regarding the 3 foot exhaust system. It's gunna take a LOT of muffler bandage!

Hey Ingo,

Ya gunna need a helluva suspension lift to fit that 3 ft exhaust system.

But, Boy, what bragging rights!

A petrol bang is still a petrol bang. It will be hot :)

Unless you plan on covering the whole mufller pipe then the same risk is there (BTW the bandage does increase rust issues).

Cheers,

The main heat offender is the govt required catalytic converter.

Making up a new catalytic converter heatshield that can be easily seperated for cleaning is my next project after the new exhaust goes on.

Till then I'll just keep the gloves handy as usual.

Ingo,

the fact that it is a Petrol unit increases the risk factor but then I'm sure you know that. I'd say that the exhaust system will make little difference, it's a matter of identifying just where the undergrowth gets caught up and dealing with that. Nothing substitutes for a regular check of the undercarriage and exhaust while you're on the track. That can be every 15 minutes depending on scrub type, thickness and just how much gets caught up underneath the vehicle. That and having a water based extinguishing system available as well (I use a 5 litre garden sprayer which sits ready for use in the rear wheel bag).

Cheers Mick

Actually I thought it would go the other way INGO

The outer shield and its much lower heat radiation is a reason I have kept mine.

The aftermarket ones can be bad news , the radient heat emission is a killer , I even had one melt the inner of the coax aerial cable on my previous GQ.

The cable was inside the car but touching the firewall in front of the passenger seat.

The aftermarket Genie system I used also caused a lot more noise than the double walled system.

So I then wrapped it up it heatshield tape , this wasn't easy to do but I got there with lots of wire ties to hold it in place. (Its also expensive stuff)

Anyway , it then worked fine until a wet Simpson trip during which time salt laden mud got into the heatshield tape , it got baked in by the exhaist heat and pretty soon corroded out the headers and that was that.

If I was to get another I wopuld at least go for the enamelled version.

A better solution than muffler and exhaust bandages would be High Performance Coatings inside and out of both the exhaust and headers, this reduces heat dramatically and looks great as well.