extractors cooked my alt

[paps02]

i bought stainless steel extractors for my car as my conversion was being done(h22a). when the car was first started up the alt was working at 14.9v.

after 3 weeks of driving maybe once or twice a week the alt dropped to 12.9v. and even more recently completely sh@t itself

when the alt was taken apart it was obdvious that there was heat damage. so now i'v got a mini heat shield for the alt and im thinking also to wrap the extractors.

what are peoples thoughts? will heat wrapping the extractors bring the temp down enough to save my new alt?? or should i look at putting the OEM heat shield back on? could just a heat shield over the alt be enough?

cheers

[d15z1SUX]

i think the oem heat shield may not fit.

id probably wrap the headers to be safe.

[mr180sx]

I dont think thats the problem man. Me and son have never had that problem, same as a couple of other ppl.I think it fried because of other reasons, not from the heat of the headers.hehehe

i bought stainless steel extractors for my car as my conversion was being done(h22a). when the car was first started up the alt was working at 14.9v.

after 3 weeks of driving maybe once or twice a week the alt dropped to 12.9v. and even more recently completely sh@t itself

when the alt was taken apart it was obdvious that there was heat damage. so now i'v got a mini heat shield for the alt and im thinking also to wrap the extractors.

what are peoples thoughts? will heat wrapping the extractors bring the temp down enough to save my new alt?? or should i look at putting the OEM heat shield back on? could just a heat shield over the alt be enough?

cheers

[Slaz]

I also doubt its the headers, just timing of it failing.

[Slaz]

Then your friend has an issue, be it timing, fueling or tune, unless up an engine with big cylinder temps and pressures or of coarse turbocharged, headers shouldnt be glowing for extended periods of time.

[hotdc2]

Where can you get the heat proof material from?

[barefootbonzai]

lol my mates one went red one night we were cruising, he got a dc5r with stainless headers, it literally glowed
next day abit of his bar was melted

What bar melted...?

[EK1.6LCIV]

Id prob just duck off to autobarn or a race shop for some header wrap

lol, at DC5R bar melting (headers are near the fire wall, intake mani is in the front...)

[yah mum]

mayb its a dc5r with a b18 conversion?

[hotdc2]

now why would you do that? lol

[fatboyz39]

Im pretty sure honda aint dumb to place the alernator there if it was gonna melt/cooked it.

Mayb there's a short or the alternator was on its way out?

[yah mum]

corroded battery leads mayb? and it got real hot so it cooked ur alternator?