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posted March 07, 2009 07:16 PM
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Exhaust - header wrap
Anyone done exhaust / herader wrap before, and if so what do you think?
  
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Compton
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posted March 07, 2009 08:20 PM
horrible. i would rather have ceramic coating. leaves ulgy stains on the header, if it gets wet, its a mess. it rips easy and frays.
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posted March 08, 2009 12:18 AM
......and it's asbestos, nasty stuff.
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posted March 08, 2009 02:26 AM
If it's installed properly, it's not a "mess", it doesn't fray, and who cares if it leaves stains on the header? Most of your headpipes are covered by the fairing. If you wrap the head pipes and the collector, the heat retention increases velocity through the exhaust. Not to mention, your local temps around the exhaust will be much cooler.
Most of the stuff used today is non- asbestos.
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posted March 08, 2009 04:38 AM
its good for that been in the hospital yesteryear look, go with ceramic if you must
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JDC
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posted March 08, 2009 07:23 AM
Well here is the deal. Header doesn't seem a problem since it is hidden. My exhaust pipe from ATP is all welded 'pieces', though stainless, looks bad. I want a way to make that look 'better', and was thinking of the wrap.
Maybe there are better ways?
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posted March 08, 2009 07:36 PM
header wrap is very effective, i like it
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posted March 08, 2009 08:01 PM
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If it's installed properly, it's not a "mess", it doesn't fray, and who cares if it leaves stains on the header? Most of your headpipes are covered by the fairing. If you wrap the head pipes and the collector, the heat retention increases velocity through the exhaust. Not to mention, your local temps around the exhaust will be much cooler.
Most of the stuff used today is non- asbestos.
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header wrap is very effective, i like it
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Header wrap is the to go for max performance. When we wrapped my track bike header it was a HUGE difference. And I thought Eric was full of $%#% when he suggested we spend money on such.
If you rev the bike in neutral before the wrap, then wrap it and rev the bike, you'll find a noticeable diference in how fast the bike increases RPMs
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gilberjj
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posted March 08, 2009 09:21 PM
I have ceramic coated and wrapped headers. Heat is down significantly.
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JDC
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posted March 09, 2009 08:31 AM
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If you rev the bike in neutral before the wrap, then wrap it and rev the bike, you'll find a noticeable diference in how fast the bike increases RPMs
Thats interesting!
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JDC
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posted March 09, 2009 08:32 AM
Well, I have to do it, and the benefits of less heat and faster revs is a nice gain.
Thank you gentlemen!
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JDC
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posted March 10, 2009 07:04 PM
I saw a header coating that appears to be external... one at bottom 'Jet Hot'...
http://www.jet-hot.com/headercoatings.html
Very different that what you all are talking about - ceramic coating? Make much difference between internal-external?
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gilberjj
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posted March 10, 2009 08:21 PM
Jet-hot is a type or brand of ceramic coating. You would want the jet-hot 2000 as our bikes can have pretty high egts. Try to get your header coated internally AND externally. Externally will be the best though.
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JDC
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posted March 10, 2009 08:44 PM
Thanks gilberjj.
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