hi, i just got a yoshimura full exhaust system and was wondering if i should wrp it with the fiberglass wrap, i bike is for race only, i ve seen some bikes using it, but don't know if it really helps or not
If you're dying to throw money at it you should get it ceramic coated... There are gains to be had, but I can't quantify those for you in horsepower numbers, or whether it's worth it or not. I would not wrap headers though.
Yup, a wrap will destroy titanium and it will rust steel. Not worth it on a bike. The only way I can see it is if you have a place where your plastics are super close or you keep hitting your piping with your leg or something.
thanks for all the answers, i was thinking of doing it because people here say i gets more power out of the engine, but i wasn't sure it was true, that's why i asked you guys!
if it made more power, pro race teams would do it.. they don't.
if you are protecting something from heat/burning, then wrap the area that you are trying to keep the heat from. I use stick-on reflective heat sheets on the inside of my belly pans to keep the header off the fiberglass in a couple spots.
The instructions on my akrapovic exhaust specifically stated NOT TO USE any type of wrap as it may cause corrosion and moisture build up. Also stated that it helps keep heat in instead of the pipes cooling properly which will lead to premature failure.
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