smokin 2 stroke Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 is it a bad idea to wrap the exhaust with header wrap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
375hp banshees Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 to stop from getting burnt? csrmel had plates on his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin 2 stroke Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 opps i put this is in the wrong section..and to stop getting burnt andand i think it would look cool..but im worried bout it holding in moisture and rusting my pipes,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADONE Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 opps i put this is in the wrong section..and to stop getting burnt andand i think it would look cool..but im worried bout it holding in moisture and rusting my pipes,, any one got an answer, i am going to do mine sat? just to hide how bad they look. dont have the money for pc right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 they are going to hold water in and cause it to rust, but if you bring the bike up to temp after you wash it then it should dry the heat wrap out and possible cause it not to rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiana banshee Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 any one got an answer, i am going to do mine sat? just to hide how bad they look. dont have the money for pc right now. I actually looked onto doing the same thing on mine. They sell a black high heat coating to help seal and protect the wrap let me know how they turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADONE Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I actually looked onto doing the same thing on mine. They sell a black high heat coating to help seal and protect the wrap let me know how they turn out. I WILL MAN AS SOON AS I CAN GOT TO GET THE MOTOR BACK IN IT FIRST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin 2 stroke Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 you ever get them wrapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 It's a old drag racer's trick, wrapping the headers with asbestos <(spelling) wrap . It retaines the heat in the pipes so the motor will pull harder. Do it & reply back to us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADONE Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 It's a old drag racer's trick, wrapping the headers with asbestos <(spelling) wrap . It retaines the heat in the pipes so the motor will pull harder. Do it & reply back to us hopeful i will have the motor back by next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPEN Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 I wouldn't do it.. I have heared that the heat is held in by the wrap and basicly cooks the pipe inside out.. I have seen pictures where guys were un wrapping thier headers off cars and the pipe was WRECKED under the wrap.. I have a SMALL section that is wrapped back by the air filters but I don't think there is AS MUCH heat there to damage the pipe.. Iam not 100% on what it will or won't do on the banshee, but I have heard allot of horror stories otherwise.. RIPPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbcmudtruck Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 True, header wrap voids most header warranties, on cars and trucks anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Yes these guys may-be correct on that, but back in the earlier days 60's 70's super stock gassers it was common practice to wrap the headers. I remember this when we use to go to the drags over her in conn dragway. I use to go every weekend. Now I go to englishtown nhra PowerAid nationals every year. Theirs not one pro-stock with wrap headers. Their a reason why they don't. That's why I said it's a old racers trick. But that's why they did it the engine would pull harder. Porbably back then the headers were cast-iron. Today there made from 4130 can't take the heat (melt-down) Edited February 23, 2008 by lonestar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Yes these guys may-be correct on that, but back in the earlier days 60's 70's super stock gassers it was common practice to wrap the headers. I remember this when we use to go to the drags over her in conn dragway. I use to go every weekend. Now I go to englishtown nhra PowerAid nationals every year. Theirs not one pro-stock with wrap headers. Their a reason why they don't. That's why I said it's a old racers trick. But that's why they did it the engine would pull harder. Porbably back then the headers were cast-iron. Today there made from 4130 can't take the heat (melt-down)Guess what I found? Edited February 23, 2008 by lonestar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Guess what I found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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