ja78911sc

Has anyone removed the right side heat shield after a G pipe install?

This heat shield is designed to block the heat from the secondary muffler.

Thanks,
Jim

Vandit

Mine is still in place. I've got a G-pipe installed.

jimq

I left mine on to somewhat protect the plug wires from some of the heat,

daniel94

left mine on as well ...I thought engine heating would be more even

Babalouie

I've been thinking about this lately....the existing heatshielding consists of say, the stock shielding bolted to the cat, plus the boxy looking shield that crowds in the plug wires. So there are 2 layers.

But what if we used just a single layer, but something more modern and space-age like this stuff: http://www.aclperformance.com.au/prod_heatshield.htm

So ditch the inner shielding, which would vastly improve access to plugs and also allow more airflow around the plug wires to cool them while the car is moving. And then fabricate heat shields from this material next to the cat & secondary muffler. It would be simpler and look a lot more elegant.

Thoughts, guys?

ja78911sc

I did not remove mine for the same reason. Just thought I would check......

Thanks.

Marc Shaw

I removed the boxy sides around the engine as well as the heat shields (but not those protecting the bumpers) and had my Fabspeed exhaust (no cats) ceramic coated and have had no problems with heat.

Marc

ValveFloat

I still have the cat and a B&B or something muffler. I kept the plastic 'boxy' heat shields but I scraped all that foam crap off of the engine side of them.