Watch our Test
We put our brass baffles up against plastic plugs.
Our brass baffles with patented XT Technology are the highest quality available offering time tested durability and performance. We tested plastic baffles and did not find them to stand up.
Brass baffles are made to fit within .002″ of the channel wall along the entire length of the cooling channel. They are precisely assembled to rotate with .005″ T.I.R. of the tapered pipe thread.
We tested the pipe plug and threaded a steel test hole.
Plastic plugs compressed so easily that it never becomes tight. The correct sealing torque is uncertain and is left to the feel of the installer. Due to compressive creep and stress relaxation, plastic pipe plugs can loosen in time, and this loss in torque can affect the seal.