Heat wrapping a cat (not the meow kind)
 

Hey guys i just got a nice 3" metal cat put into my APS cat delete pipe.

What temperatures can a cat produce at maximum, and how much would the heat wrap be able to cope with?

Is it a good idea to heat wrap a cat?

Thx, Chris.

do your downpipe

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The cat is in the dump, my bad.

do the entire lot

why put a cat there? you want to dump to flow best as possible, plus cats have a better efficiency further down the pipe in the correct temp range.
it'll probably get too hot right where it is.

[QUOTE=Hurtenstein]why put a cat there? you want to dump to flow best as possible, plus cats have a better efficiency further down the pipe in the correct temp range.
it'll probably get too hot right where it is.[/QUOTE]

This is where APS put their cat, and that is the legal location of the cat.

Hotter sooner = less emmisions because it warms up quicker.

[QUOTE=Hurtenstein], plus cats have a better efficiency further down the pipe in the correct temp range.
it'll probably get too hot right where it is.[/QUOTE]

I'd have to agree .. If you watch any of the WRC, in particular, the Focus, you will notice you can see the cat red hot quite near to the outlet of the exhaust.

I think you guys have missed the topic a little here.

Ceramic coat the whole dump and cat.

Cats are designed to get really hot 600 degress +

Well the wrap is on, just thought id post the results up.

The wrap is COOL IT's Thermo-Tec 2" wide wrap, i used a 15ft roll to do the cat pipe.

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The wrap can withstand temp's upto 1095 degree's celcius so im sure it's going to do the job.