Header Wrap

Today im wrapping my headers with DEI header cloth then sealing it with black ceramic HT paint

what are the pros and cons the reason im doing this is because my headers look rusty

im trying to black out my RAD

 

i guess no one knows

 

Well if theres water getting trapped in your exhaust, the wrap could hold excess heat in and cause more rusting. On performance cars, you wrap the headers to push more heat down and out of the pipes, on these air-cooled engines it doesn't play in so much heat-wise. I'd venture to say you'll probably be fine. Just make sure you use as little as possible to cover it all; when I wrapped the equal-length headers on my 88 camaro for the first time, I over did it and it burnt a header pipe up pretty bad. But, again, thats a liquid-cooled V8, not an air-cooled I4.

 

don't use DEI, too expensive...use the ebay stuff. Much cheaper and is the same stuff!!!

 

If they are rusty, the rust may show through eventually. When you wash your bike or ride it in the rain, the rusty moisture and water will stain the header wrap eventually. It just depends on how bad the rust is to begin with. I've seen it happen myself before. Try to wire wheel as much rust off as possible first. Then cover it in some high temp paint. Then apply the header wrap. Soak the header wrap in water before you wrap it so you can get it on there nice and tight. Use clamps at each end.

 

i have all the stuff to do it all the SS clamps and the wrap and the paint to do so and i know how to put it on but i cant fined any real facts out there besides that it keeps it cooler and hot at the same time

 

keeps heat in the pipe for scavenging effects. do it.

 

Makes your Bike look like it's Homeless and If You can honestly feel a performance 'difference' as result then you should rent yourself out a as Human Dyno.
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