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justin_o_guy2
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Re: Stainless header wrap...
Reply #15 -
07/02/11 at 09:38:44
It just bugs me that it's so close... & I agree with that, but I wonder if a wrap doesnt just carry that heat closer.. How much cooler is the outside of the wrap than the raw header? Id rather see a thin metal shield mounted so that it stands between header & engine, not mounted to the header.
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07/02/11 at 11:21:48
Just adding my 2 cents, the previous owner of my bike painted the header with cheap high temp paint and it had some nasty scratches. Wrap is a good solution in my case.
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07/03/11 at 19:00:57
skeebo wrote
on 07/02/11 at 11:21:48:
Just adding my 2 cents, the previous owner of my bike painted the header with cheap high temp paint and it had some nasty scratches. Wrap is a good solution in my case.
Ditto. My header looked like death when I got the bike, but it was mechanically sound, so I wrapped it. I dig the look, but I was one of those weirdo's that knew the first rat-rod I saw was finished just the way it was, while my friends were asking the owner when it was getting into the paint booth.....
It does keep the heat down a bit against the leg too, so that's a plus.
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Reply #18 -
07/06/11 at 04:50:14
Gyrobob wrote
on 07/02/11 at 09:11:21:
These sentiments were expressed in another thread months ago, but my take on the wrapped header thing is:
Good news:
-- You are in vogue with a certain crowd
-- Reduces the tinny sound of thin headers (Savage header weighs a ton because it is THREE layers of steel,.. not tinny sounding)
-- Don't have to clean off blue stains
-- Keeps the exhaust gasses hotter so they are less viscous as they travel through the tubing and muffler. This can give a HP and mileage increase to the tune of a % or so. (.4 horsepower on an LS650)
Bad news:
-- looks tacky
-- costs money
-- takes
hours
to install properly the first time you do it
-- requires maintenance,.. they loosen and get dirty
-- rusts the header sooner
-- weighs more
....edited out....
Looks like I need to add another bad news item,.. the header sweater gets stained during oil changes.
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