M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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i've got a heatsheild bolted to the engine for the manifold and another wrapped around the exhaust lower down, as the exhaust goes under the engine.
do i need to the one that is wrapped round the exhaust, i assume it protects the exhaust from being scraped. the reason being cause mine has rusted and snapped and rattles alot when i pull away.
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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you dont really need any m8, you may just find the engine my gat alittle more hotter, but nothing to worry about, i havent got any heat sheilds on ym 2lt, and mine runs fine, and mine gets well hot.....
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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how the hell do you take it off my one rattles too but seems welded to the exhaust i got a GSI
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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ive got heatwrap on my manifold and it does reduce heat slightly
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Murray
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Registered: 22nd Feb 01
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just cut it off with some snips
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5xi
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Registered: 30th Oct 02
Location: London/Leeds
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ah wkkd, my car sounds like i don't look after it when i pull away, rattles like hell!
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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
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so did mine just put a big industrial jubilee clip round each end and that solves the rattling straight away!
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M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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i've taken mine off now, sounds much smoother.
when i was taking it off on my drive way, this bloke came donw the raod saying what am i running cause my car sounds mint. I was well chuffed!
i've only got a back box and pipercorss induction on a 1.4 16v!!
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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is that the manifold thats at the front of the enginge top part of manifold.
ive a 1.4 8v
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M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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i took that bit off mine, but the bit that was rattling was the lower than this, it was wrapped around the down pipes that go under the bottom end.
i dunno if 1.4 8v have em, i don't think i had it on my last corsa - 1.0!
btw in my last post i said it sounds smoother! i meant it makes the engine souynd more healthy when i pull away and that.
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bobothebear
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
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The 1.4 8v does have them and it is the bit at the front of the engine. Normally has a tube coming out of it going into your airbox.(Unless you've got an induction kit)
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M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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i ain't talking about that! 
i meant just this bit of metal wrapped round the exhaust, don't have n e wires or ne thing coming out of it!
its a heatsheild with silencer stuff inside it, i think it just protect the downpipes when you hit something like a kerb if you bump up it or sumin.
it ain't a mod or any thing, i just wanted tot take it off cause it rattled alot when driving making me sound like a tractor or sumin.
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luca2020
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Registered: 26th May 02
Location: Maidstone, Kent
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i havent got any heatshields on my exhaust manifold, no problems with it
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M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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good good. i don't want to someone to reply "what the feck you doin you gonna mash up yer engine" !
cause i mangled my stuff when i took it off.
cheers every1
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