y-pipe heat shield

[Ares]

Quick question for you guys.

Would there be any problems caused or anything to be worried about by not replacing the heat shield to the y-pipe after it has been removed for a y-pipe optimizing?

I have an optimized y that I want to install but when I got it there was no heat shield. Kind of wondering if I should try to get another heat shield and put it on but is it really necessary to go through all that.

Thanks.

[hotdimmes]

Quick question for you guys.

Would there be any problems caused or anything to be worried about by not replacing the heat shield to the y-pipe after it has been removed for a y-pipe optimizing?

I have an optimized y that I want to install but when I got it there was no heat shield. Kind of wondering if I should try to get another heat shield and put it on but is it really necessary to go through all that.

Thanks.

Parking on tall grass, brush fires or something? Maybe you can wrap it in something durable?

[DanMyers]

Yeah shortly after I got my first car, a Tempo, the heatshield rattled off, asked my uncle bob about it (ford mechanic for 41 years) and he just told me to keep it off of dry tall grass.

[Ares]

Yeah shortly after I got my first car, a Tempo, the heatshield rattled off, asked my uncle bob about it (ford mechanic for 41 years) and he just told me to keep it off of dry tall grass.

I can see the cat heat shield rattling off being pretty typical but will the y heat shield do that too? Well I guess I won't worry about the y. I'll just put it on and stay away from tall grass.

[Harrry]

I can see the cat heat shield rattling off being pretty typical but will the y heat shield do that too? Well I guess I won't worry about the y. I'll just put it on and stay away from tall grass.

No your fine. the shield obviously has material that reduces heat around it. But removing it won't cause any harm. It will just makes things hotter.

[99Mystique ATX]

Yea, not like it sits near the oil pan or anything....

[Redlineracer12]

Yea, not like it sits near the oil pan or anything....

None of the aftermarket y pipes come with heat shields

[99Mystique ATX]

IMO they should...

Keeping your oil from being heated up by the exhaust is definitely something you want. Maybe it's not a huge deal, but if just welding the shielding back on you can help keep the oil cooler, why not?

[Harrry]

IMO they should...

Keeping your oil from being heated up by the exhaust is definitely something you want. Maybe it's not a huge deal, but if just welding the shielding back on you can help keep the oil cooler, why not?

Well since the cats offered for y-pipes are so much further back. Its not really needed but is offered by tru-bendz. Sho-shop and bat-y-pipes come with heat shields. Again they are 1.5 feet away from the oil pan that it won't cause any heat increase to be noticed.

Does your tru-dual exhaust have shields around them as they go around the oil pan??

[99Mystique ATX]

No it doesn't... If I was going to design a true-dual setup from scratch, I would've started with a stock y-pipe instead of the BAT y-pipe.

I may at some point try to get some kind of shielding around at least the pipe that runs back next to the oil pain.

My big concern with the aftermarket y-pipes with no shielding is the MSDS/WR ones that only have the coatings, sometimes not even that depending on whether the buyer gets it.

The BAT and Trubendz y-pipes, which is essentially the start of my true-dual setup, like you said have the cat further back so I don't think its as big of an issue, if it even is one.

But, I do still think that if running a stock, optimized y-pipe, it is best to keep the heat shield on it.