# Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [December 25, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123 "2006-12-25T20:54:54Z")
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### Author: ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/751 "2007-03-05T09:05:09Z")

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[quote=“BikerFry,post:750,topic:22123"”]

Also, why would you wrap something like a brake booster that could break that you may need to access when you could just wrap a steel tube?

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because excessive heat cracks the welds on tubular manifolds

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