Exhaust tape?, tape the joints of my Eurorace... Options

[VaccaRabite]

My carbs are popping on decel. It could be timing, but I bet that my Eurorace headers are leaking from the collector. I know I can see exhaust coming from it at idle.

I think I remember seeing some sort of aluminum tape that you could put on exhaust pipes to seal a leak. I thought that might be an easy way to seal up those joins after I have the pipes ceramic coated.

Anyone know anything about it? What have others done to stop the collector leaks on their EuroRace headers?

Zach

[Cap'n Krusty]

Let's talk about this. Your car runs, right? I thought so. The evidence you give for reaching the conclusion that timing will cause backfiring consists of a video of an engine backfiring with the timing 180 degrees out. Note that it it never starts, and that the backfiring is through the intake, not the exhaust. An engine 180 out won't run. Nor will one 90 degrees off. Maybe even 45 degrees. Even at 5 or 10 degrees, timing won't cause backfiring in our exhaust systems. Exhaust backfires in T4s tuned for the street is usually either a serious lack of exhaust back pressure or a leak, allowing fresh air to be drawn into the system. Backfires through the carbs on a running engine are generally either intake leaks, badly worn carbs, or failure to properly adjust the carbs and the linkage.

The Cap'n