Do I need the heat shields on?

[StrtRacer98]

I recently did my plugs, and wires, and when i did, i pulled the heat shields off the exhast manifolds...

Now when i went to put them back on, the bolt that is built into the manifold is all stripped, and the nut will not screw back on, and i bought new nuts, and washers and that didnt work either.

I am getting ready to leave for florida and need to get this fixed.
I dont see why i'd need them on, other than keeping heat away from the plug wires but i made sure they arent touching / wont touch.

Anything reason u know of why i'd need them back on?

And if i do, what are my options of getting them on with stripped bolt thread.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

the only one you must put back on is the one for the starter

[97rs4life]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

its a good idea to put them back on if you can to try and keep that heat out of the engine bay as best as possible

[StrtRacer98]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

What do u guys think i should do, cuz those bolts are fukkked up...
They actually seems to come off fine, but when i went to put em back on they werent goin on at all..

any tricks u might think of ?

Dont they make some sort of nut with nylon threads.. that might melt tho.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

What do u guys think i should do, cuz those bolts are fukkked up...
They actually seems to come off fine, but when i went to put em back on they werent goin on at all..

any tricks u might think of ?

Dont they make some sort of nut with nylon threads.. that might melt tho.

just get some header wrap if your that worried about it

[StrtRacer98]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

Viper you have AIM?

Not neccesarily worried but i will be driving from chicago to orlando in 3 days and i dont want to run into any problems..
Header wrap sounds like a good idea though.

My s/n is strtracer9803 on AIM, im me if u can.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

Viper you have AIM?

Not neccesarily worried but i will be driving from chicago to orlando in 3 days and i dont want to run into any problems..
Header wrap sounds like a good idea though.

My s/n is strtracer9803 on AIM, im me if u can.

just AIM'ed you BTW under the name and post count just click on the little IM thing to AIM anyone

[97rs4life]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

or you can use the new PM feature on our boards to talk to others privately ;)

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

or you can use the new PM feature on our boards to talk to others privately ;)

only mods can PM last i knew :slap:

[slow6]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

why do you have to put the starter heat shield back on?
I didnt, dont wanna do anything bad..

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Re: Do I need the heat shields on?

why do you have to put the starter heat shield back on?
I didnt, dont wanna do anything bad..

the starter will over heat, then won't work and you will ahve to wait for it to cool before you can start your car again