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Old 06-06-2018, 11:58 AM   #10 (permalink)
Natalya
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Would thermally insulating the exhaust manifold pipes and cat be at all beneficial?
Yes, I think so. Usually cats have a heat shield on them. I lived in Canada for a few years and I got a car where the heat shield had rusted and fell off my catalytic converter. I fashioned a new one out of sheet aluminum to put back over it.
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