{"id":223,"date":"2022-09-16T06:51:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T06:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2022-09-16T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T06:51:06","slug":"why-its-necessary-to-leave-a-gap-when-installing-extreme-stainless-steel-heat-shieldr-on-exhaust-pipes-and-not-fully-wrap-insulate-the-exhaust-pipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/why-its-necessary-to-leave-a-gap-when-installing-extreme-stainless-steel-heat-shieldr-on-exhaust-pipes-and-not-fully-wrap-insulate-the-exhaust-pipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s necessary to leave a gap when installing Extreme Stainless Steel Heat Shieldr on exhaust pipes and not fully wrap\/insulate the exhaust pipe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because ofExtreme Stainless Steel Heat Shield exhaust insulation\u2019s efficiency cutting up to 70% of radiated heat from exhaust pipes, it\u2019s important to leave a gap between the ends of the insulation during installation so the exhaust pipe has just enough uninsulated area to \u201cbreathe\u201d and dissipate a small amount of heat so the pipe doesn\u2019t exceed the maximum sustained temperature rating of the pipe\u2019s steel alloy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-5.png 400w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1-5-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Not fully wrapping an exhaust pipe or header in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/product\/extreme-stainless-steel-heat-shield-6032.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Extreme Stainless Steel Heat Shield (opens in a new tab)\">Extreme Stainless Steel Heat Shield<\/a><\/strong> exhaust insulation, leaving a gap between the ends of material allows the pipe to \u201cbreathe\u201d and dissipate a small amount of heat. While the insulation still significantly reduces the radiated heat coming from the exhaust pipe, the small amount the gap lets out helps to keep the exhaust pipe from getting too hot and surpassing its maximum sustained temperature rating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because ofExtreme Stainless Steel Heat Shield exhaust insulation\u2019s efficiency cutting up to 70% of radiated heat from exhaust pipes, it\u2019s important to leave a gap between the ends of the insulation during installation so the exhaust pipe has just enough uninsulated area to \u201cbreathe\u201d and dissipate a small amount of heat so the pipe doesn\u2019t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/why-its-necessary-to-leave-a-gap-when-installing-extreme-stainless-steel-heat-shieldr-on-exhaust-pipes-and-not-fully-wrap-insulate-the-exhaust-pipe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why it\u2019s necessary to leave a gap when installing Extreme Stainless Steel Heat Shieldr on exhaust pipes and not fully wrap\/insulate the exhaust pipe?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-extreme-stainless-steel-heat-shield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}