Hi,
Working on a little twin turbo LS1 project.
Engine is out for a birthday.
Noticed that some of the engine wiring is suffering from heat soak. ( see second pic)
Question is - how to protect engine wiring loom long term?
We plan to heat tape wrap the custom exhaust manifolds and as much of the turbo piping as possible.
And will try some of the self stick Aluminium-ised fibreglass type tape wrap on the wiring harness itself ( cant move the wiring as it needs to go to its destination on the block )
They say the sticky tape is good for 1100 deg. C radiant heat.
So did a little bench test...applied a pyro gas soldering iron flame to tape wrapped wires ( specs say pyro gun flame = 1300 deg C )
for a timed 5 minutes.
Unwrapped the wires and no damage at all. (see pics)
Looks promising.
Anyone got experience in this area....i.e. turbos and heat damaged wiring, as happy to learn.
Thanks
Col