We all know what a session on a hot day will do to our bikes, everyone runs different stuff but have never seen anyone wrap and coat the header, So decided to try it and see it it made a different i have 2 friends both with 07-08 600rr's so we figured it would be the perfect test bed

So we took the header off had a local exhaust shop remove the cat off the header scotch brighted it and wiped it clean with alcohol prep pads. painted the header with DEI exhaust coating then wrapped the header with a the DEI exhaust wrap. you'll also need the metal zip ties to hold the ends everything can be bought at advanced autoparts



So after all done and a lot session with some heavy donuts and drifting the non wrapped bike was at 226 degrees and the wrapped bike was being rode harder and was only at 212 degrees.

it makes even more of a difference while riding on the road but it was def worth the 65 bucks to keep the bike cooler and i think it looks pretty trick.

 

i wondered why track racers used this stuff. i thought it was just to protect their aftermarket fairings from melting.

 

well we talked to some people at moto gp and they were like its the best thing you can do no one ever thinks about the fact the oil pan is wrapped in exhaust. so we came home and did it and on the street it runs like 12-19 degrees cooler the normal operating temps

 

my boy ceramic coated his, didnt notice a difference besides the bling factor.

 

I thought header wrap was to keep the heat in the engine, and keep it at optimal running temperature for racing

 

i believe the idea is to help scavenge exhaust gases. i have also heard of wraps causing cracking in car headers.

 

thats the need for the wrap.

your right but the cooler the better to keep the heat in would do nothing but bad things, heat robs power, causes premature failure, ect. ect. the wrap is just makin it so the heat from the headers doesnt soak into the motor, heat soak is bad

 

MMmmkay

 

we wrapped the xhaus tand turbo pipes on a buddys jeep and you could grab the headers or downpipe after hours of flogging on trails so i tried with dei on my midpipe so i dont burn my ******* calf and the **** doesnt help at all why did it work on the car but not the bike

 

IDK you can grab the header on the bike after riding i mean its hot but if you had to its do able.

 

how much should be thick layer of tape?

 

yeah like if the header was talking **** to you after a sesh you could just grab that thing and bitch slap the hell out of it/

 

its not tape its exhaust wrap, fiberglass woven into a flat piece of material.

 

see website for details.

http://www.1tail.com/sa/c/Exhaust_Wr...Protection.htm

 

Thanks Stock

 

but if you wanted to change your oil when the bike was hot you wouldne have to worry about frying your hand

stock thanks for the link i didnt bother looking cuz it worked

 

also the hotter the temp inside the exhaust the better it flows so the header wrap helps keep the heat inside the header

 

that made me laugh. hard. i dont know why.

 

+1 on the idea fa sho:YEAH