Header wrap

[yfzracer45]

give me some reviews on this before i decide to tackle the job and install it on my bike. pros and cons lets hear it

[ae13291]

some good info in this thead


is this true?

[XxROCKSTArxX69]

i got the titanium header wrap its says it lasts longer and the heat which it can handle is about 2500 degrees make sure you get atkeast 25 feet i got 15 and it was wrapped thin and it didnt get me to far and also dont buy the stainless zipties they are garbage they dont even hold go buy some normal 2 inch or 1 1/2 clamps from home depot it should be in like the plumbing section

[GUS117]

i just wrapped mine 2 weeks ago and it makes a big difference. The engine doesnt get as hot and neither does your leg. I used a 2 inch dei 50 feet and got some clamps. i also painted the wrap with some clear heat proof paint. when you go wrap it tho make sure you soak it and start from the front to the back so the wind and dirt wont pull it off.

[shustack]

heat wrap is bad ass, i love it. all around good product and well worth doing

[cconnell]

Can we get some pics of the heat wrapped headers?????

[GUS117]

i have a pic of my yoshimura wrapped in my album

[socalyfz35]

I was talking with Dasa and they where not hip on this stuff. Say it holds the heat in and that it fatigues the head pipe.

[GUS117]

it keeps the heat in the header causing the gases to flow out better. keeps the engine temperature down to.

[joshsdaddy]

I havn't done mine yet but i'm going to. I can't see in anyway how it could be bad. Just look how many drag cars have the headers wrapped. There must be some good to it, plus it will save your leg and your riding pants when you touch it. I've lost a few nice pants to exposed head pipes over the years.

[powderfish]

we wrap all of ours no more burns and it also runs cooler

[Stokedcutlass]

In the sportbike community where I'm from I've heard that you should never heat wrap a titanium header/pipe cause it supposidly keeps heat and moisture trapped against the titanium and breaks it down never seen it myself but just something I heard

[monster yfz]

We should call MythBusters lol

[Tech5]

Mine was wrapped on stock pipe and it was on the bike 3 years lots of hours and pipe looked new when I removed it and the wrap . No issues here

[Stokedcutlass]

Mythbusters would be good lol they could also test the "never run full synthetic Motor oil in your sportbikes, quads dirtbikes etc cause it ruins the clutch or the gear gnashing of the gears breaks it down and frothes it.." lol

[steady streamin]

so you wrap from the header pipe to the muffler?

[yfzracer45]

Originally Posted by steady streamin

so you wrap from the header pipe to the muffler?

no wrap from rear to front

[yfzracer45]

[brokeYFZ]

i like it...looks clean

[ElderGeek]

Lots of discussion on the net about wrapping pipes both pro & con.

Will it increase an power? No.
If no hp increase, why do people still do it? To keep from burning your leg.
Will it mess up your pipe? Only if you don't run it after washing to dry it out. Even then a bit of elbow grease and emerycloth cleans stainless/titanium pipes back to new.
Will it cause the pipe to fail, (crack/break)? Only if you don't keep tight, even overlap wraps during install. Wetting the wrap helps this process. And you're not tuned to lean.

I agree to use hose clamps rather than the SS tie wraps. They stay better.

I wrapped from front to rear. The idea being while moving forward you have less tendancy to work dirt and crap under the edges of the wrap. Its also easier to wrap the step ups on the pipe. I added the guard to keep from rubbing the wrap.