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Offline Don R

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Re: The wisdom/folly of exhaust wrap and 4-1 headers?
« Reply #25 on: September 28, 2009, 07:06:15 PM »
I saw an article on a guy that repaired headers. he made various size steel round mandrels [balls] and pulled them through with a cable and slide hammer
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Re: The wisdom/folly of exhaust wrap and 4-1 headers?
« Reply #26 on: September 29, 2009, 07:17:35 AM »
I also believe that if it looks faster..... well then it is faster....   ;D

I've wrapped two of mine and I have never had an issue... I did a change out a few years ago from the black... to white/grey ...  There didn't appear to be any rusting/pitting issues that I could see.
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Re: The wisdom/folly of exhaust wrap and 4-1 headers?
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2009, 04:17:31 PM »
The wrap will probably help deaden the sound, but is no real substitute for bad pipes.  It may not be cheap, but getting new pipes would be recommended I'd think. 

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Re: The wisdom/folly of exhaust wrap and 4-1 headers?
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2009, 04:34:32 PM »
Aren't the 750's headers double-walled? If so, there would be really no way to repair the dents. On my '79 CB650 and '79 CM400T the chrome part of the headers is just "decoration" and the real pipes are about 1/8th inch smaller diameter. At the cylinder head the diameter gradually decreases before the first bend of the pipe. On a side-note, this could be why Mac/aftermarket pipes got the reputation of losing torque compared to stock; if they're not double-walled they're going to have a larger ID and therefore will produce less exhaust gas velocity which directly correlates to low-speed power production.

I personally like the look of blacked-out wrapped headers. The original idea of wrap was to keep EGT's constant through the pipes which increases inertial cylinder filling.
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