Shaun,
my brother works for HitCo, one of the larger suppliers of silica and carbon
woven products. You dont need to convince me the stuff wont burn! I use it
as heat shielding on my jensens firewall (Silica "welding curtain") The
carbon weave with ceramic "the competition" to Hitcos silica product lines
handles even more temp, but it is more costly ($$$$ compared to $$).
Edelbrock used to use ceramic packing in their muffler line, but switched to
silica with stainless steel wool to prevent blow out (ceramics tensile
strength is nil in a packing config). This seemed to fix the blow out
problems. There are lots of underhood apps for these high temp woven
products! I just wouldnt wrap my headers since the wrap will work "too
well"...
Bruce (again)
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
[mailto:Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 1998 5:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Braided Headers/Lines/Hoses
For any of you that think I'm blowing smoke up your a$$ on this SF2600
thing, I did some quick internet research and found that NASA listed Santa
Fe
Textiles as one of their contractors for the thermal protection system for
the
shuttle. You can see this for yourself at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-subs.html
with detailed information on the TPS and it's function on the Space Shuttle
at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_sys.html#sts-tps
Here's Santa Fe Textiles information:
Santa Fe Textiles Inc
(714)251-1960
16951 Murphy Ave
Irvine, CA 92606-512
I make no claims as to how much this would cost or if they even do this
kind of thing anymore. All I know is that before (over a decade ago) they
were bought out by a much bigger company (why my mother quit) they used to
do
all kinds of things like this. They even made one of the first carbon fiber
baseball bats (one of their employees trying to come up with new marketing
ideas) before they became common. I doubt they still have that same "give
it
a try" spirit but who knows. If you're trying to cut down on heat in your
engine compartment, this might be one way.
Shaun
Tustin, CA
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