Topic: Preserving Exhaust

[SKTP]

Hey y'all,

I have a set of early 70's Triple-A pipes that are about to be clamped onto my bike. They are used but in good shape overall...

The insides to look a little "cabony" and slightly rusty...is there anything I can do to the innards to help keep them alive as long as possible?

Translation, I don't want these pipes rusting out

[754]

Some folks would coat inside with high heat paint, I did on my turbo header, but eventually it discolored a bit. If its any help on my buddies 71 the collector rotted off long ago but pipes still seem good..

[flybox1]

what about a clean then a ceramic coat?
something like this....
http://www.performancecoatings.com/index2.html

[RFogelsong]

fogging oil inside and heavy caranuba wax on the outside?

[SKTP]

I like the fogging oil idea....the actual collector has a wielded in baffle that resembles a cheese grater running almost the entire way through

[BobbyR]

You can go real old school which really works well and slosh some used motor oil inside the pipes and them mount them. You will form a crust on the inside which protects the metal from the acids n exhaust.
When I was kid exhausts lasted two years and the cars about 10 years. It was nothing to see a 5 years old car burning oil. A car that burned oil did not have to have the exhausts changed very often.

No they don;t make them like they used to. 

[seanbarney41]

do whatever you can to prevent condensation from collecting inside your exhaust.  This happens naturally from temperature and humidity changes and obviously, can't be completely avoided without entombing your bike in an airtight, temperature controlled cell.  ...so make sure anytime you start your bike, make sure you run it long enough to get any condensation burned out of there.  Otherwise, the warm exhaust gases will add more condensation to what was already there, plus whatever caustic agents are contained in the exhaust gases.

[kghost]

Don' install them lol

No help but it will keep them from rusting lol