I need help about the Header heat shield

[93accord-se]

Is it bad to take off the header heat shield on a stock car.

[dean_harryman]

It will put extra heat into your engine bay, I am not telling you it will HURT anything, but it cant help anything either. Honda put the cover on there for a reason, and people with "headers" usually wrap them with header tape to keep the heat in the metal and out of your engine bay.

The excessive heat from your manifold WILL cause your alternator to have a shorter life, I can say how much shorter, but it is right nexed to your manifold.

our stock manifolds are not that good looking anyways, LOL.

If you REALLY REALLY want to take it off, go for it, but dont be surprised when sensors and electrical componants start going bad due ot exessive heat in your engine bay.

Hope this helps you in your decision.

[93accord-se]

It will put extra heat into your engine bay, I am not telling you it will HURT anything, but it cant help anything either. Honda put the cover on there for a reason, and people with "headers" usually wrap them with header tape to keep the heat in the metal and out of your engine bay.

The excessive heat from your manifold WILL cause your alternator to have a shorter life, I can say how much shorter, but it is right nexed to your manifold.

our stock manifolds are not that good looking anyways, LOL.

If you REALLY REALLY want to take it off, go for it, but dont be surprised when sensors and electrical componants start going bad due ot exessive heat in your engine bay.

Hope this helps you in your decision.

thank you...you help me alot i am going to put the heat shield back on.I think it would better for the accord

[93accord-se]

no, you'll be fine without it, underhood temps will go up a little though

do you have your heat shield on..just asking

[mozzandherb]

Unless you get some aftermarket headers it would be better to keep it on

[deevergote]

Unless you get some aftermarket headers it would be better to keep it on

What if he gets just one aftermarket header?

[kmart64]

What if he gets just one aftermarket header?

deev, don't be so mean lol

[turbomaxx]

it wont hurt anything if u take it off. i mean, as stated, under hood temps will increase a bit, but its not gonna kill your car.


i ran without the shield ever since i got my car up till the day i got my megan header. no probs here. IMO, it was more or less just to try to clean up the engine bay appearance more than a functional piece.

[mozzandherb]

What if he gets just one aftermarket header?

hahaha....yeah one aftermarket header should be fine! Just felt like someone to pick on eh Deev?

[deevergote]

hahaha....yeah one aftermarket header should be fine! Just felt like someone to pick on eh Deev?

[Scubasteve_dan]

Blasting the cover

Hey, I have access to a bead blaster at school and I want to know if it's harmful to bead blast the heat shield. It'll make it look nice but it won't remove any corrosion barriers will it? Will I have to put something on it to prevent rust? Like clear cote or polish?

[Scubasteve_dan]

Bump. I want a cleaner looking engine bay, will my heat shield rust if I beead blast it or polish it?

[LinX]

If its bare metal then it will rust more readily. I wouldn't be too concerned though.

[adam2562]

if u wanna run w/o your heat shield u can go by heat wrap stuffa nd wrap ur headers good that'll help decrease the engine ambient temp