Firewall ideas for 180 degree headers in my k5

[Dezert82k5]

I know I shouldn’t have but I did it I’ve been going to races for ever and love the sound of those high pitched v8’s. It took a lot of cutting but I got them in and I have to plumb the rest of the exhaust but I need some ideas to cover these up, I was thinking of a removable rv style hump lol I don’t know, any ideas or pics would help thanks guys and any ideas for heat I bought some heat shield panels and some titanium exhaust wrap so that should help and I think it’s far enough away from the windshield where it won’t crack from the heat.

 

[Curtis Guise]

You might be past the point of no return but here is a way to do it without going into the cab...

 

[michael.gonzalez]

+1 for 8-1 header. Would take less space than a 180* headers.

Take a look at Isenhours new F-150/6100/SpecTT/1400 truck.

 

[jon coleman]

i say leave
it like that

 

[jon coleman]

i say leave
it like that

, try ford big truck catalitic converter heat shields, Really good stuff& its big, , build a box lined with it Double walled with a 1 inch air gap& at least 1.5 inch gap to the Wrapped header, & TAKE LOTTS OF PICS!

 

[jon coleman]

also plumb in a brake duct type set up to the air gap& exhaust out side, also vent interior of boxed off headers with a positve flow of out side air, naca duct Or fan, exit outside too, put in a little door, on top, you can cook pizzas on the way to the desert

 

[partybarge_pilot]

1, coat the headers
2, wrap the headers
3. build firewall
4, build heat shields that stand off the sheetmetal
5. cover the heat shields with heat reflective tape.
6. put grill on top of dog house for hot dogs.

 

[jon coleman]

hey, the toyota mr2 has a burrito cooker manifold shield, works great i heard

 

[Dezert82k5]

Hahahah I love it, I used to set my frozen breakfast burrito around the headers of my old welding rig and by the time I got to the job it was perfect.
If I went ls I definitely would have done those 8 into 1 headers but these headers where less then 300$ shipped to my front door.

 

[Dezert82k5]

 

[michael.gonzalez]

Can the setup be mounted so the collectors are on the front of the engine instead of in your cab?

 

[Dezert82k5]

I think they would hit my alternator and radiator

 

[michael.gonzalez]

I would suggest lots of this

JEGS Reflective Gold Heat Shield | JEGS

JEGS Reflective Gold Heat Shield

www.jegs.com

And aluminum heat shields where you can. Radiant heat is what will get you. Wrapping will help a ton too as mentioned.

 

[Prerun4fun13]

Even with wrap and coating i dont think you will keep the heat out of the cab. Maybe with heat shields but i doubt it. I have headers kind of like that and im changing them to either block huggers or mid length headers.
My AC cant keep up with the heat coming into the cab.