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Wrapping Pipes (exhaust)- Pros and Cons
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What do you guys think? Im thinking of using gold colored wrap on my bike
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First it's pods and velocity stacks. You just keep going down the list of things not to do on a bike. Just build an art bike and be done with it.
Exhaust wrap is bad in so many ways. It is intended to keep underhood temps down on cars, allowing cooler air into the intake to help make power. It will also keep the heat inside the pipe to help create HP. With a motorcycle engine not being "underhood" this feature is eliminated. It will however keep heat in the pipe but will only show HP benefits in the 1% range. It will also over heat your pipes beyond their intended heat range and cause them to deteriorate at a more rapid rate. It will allow water under the wrap accelerating the rust and corrosion further accelerating the failure of the pipe. I know they say to silicone seal the wrap to prevent moisture from getting in. But think it's more of a "resistant" than "elimination" process there and it's seldom done and when done , done poorly. The only benefit to exhaust wrap IMHO is as a cosmetic benefit to cover rusted out ugly pipes, but at the expense of all the negatives I mentioned above. A good wrap job costs most of what a new pipe would cost.
