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Old 07-01-09, 18:19
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Originally Posted by marjani View Post
what a waste of energy! mines are too glowing at the manifold. I was also concerned about this, but it appears to be normal
I think part of the reason people used to (and still do in certain applications) wrap their headers in thermal insulation was to improve scavenging or something like that (using the wasted heat to help suck out the exhaust gasses)...

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