Melted fairing with 57mm pipes

[hogrocket]

I have my new race exhaust all ready to install and was just informed that I have to guard against fairing melt damage caused by close proximity to the larger pipes. My question to everyone is: can I ceramic coat the area that is close to the plastic or should I go with the heat tape wrap stuff? I have been advised not to ceramic coat the pipes but what about just the area close to the fairings? And what happens to the metal if I only wrap the area along the bottom and not the rest of the system? Last thing I want is to discover parts of my fairing missing or melted.

[c5367ss]

Originally Posted by hogrocket

I have my new race exhaust all ready to install and was just informed that I have to guard against fairing melt damage caused by close proximity to the larger pipes. My question to everyone is: can I ceramic coat the area that is close to the plastic or should I go with the heat tape wrap stuff? I have been advised not to ceramic coat the pipes but what about just the area close to the fairings? And what happens to the metal if I only wrap the area along the bottom and not the rest of the system? Last thing I want is to discover parts of my fairing missing or melted.

You can get a mylar type tape that will stick on the inside of fairing and protect it from melting or burning. Thats what I used when I put on the 57m system on mine, it worked great.

[Dark_Daddy]

Reflect-A-Cool and OPP Racing sells it. I use it under my seat, it works very well. Essentially what the gentleman above was suggesting.

http://oppracing.com/

[ducmons]

Originally Posted by hogrocket

I have my new race exhaust all ready to install and was just informed that I have to guard against fairing melt damage caused by close proximity to the larger pipes. My question to everyone is: can I ceramic coat the area that is close to the plastic or should I go with the heat tape wrap stuff? I have been advised not to ceramic coat the pipes but what about just the area close to the fairings? And what happens to the metal if I only wrap the area along the bottom and not the rest of the system? Last thing I want is to discover parts of my fairing missing or melted.

Why were you advised to not ceramic coat the pipes? I'm just curious. From all that I've ever heard ceramic coating is a great way to make pipes cool off sooner, keep them cleaner and if you coat the interior it helps the flow....

However, I do think that even if your ceramic coated them, they would still get hot enough to melt your plastics.

[Unity996]

When I bought my 996, it had a carbon fiber belly pan that had been burned through by the lower header. I used the heat protection that's already been mentioned when I bought a new belly pan. My stock fairings are fine (even the race/trackday fairings have had no problems). However, it didn't protect the carbon fiber belly pan...there's now a burn mark in the same spot. I just found a barely used DP carbon belly pan (replaces the lowers and attaches directly to the mids). To protect it, I will use the insulated sheets. But, I also plan on wrapping the exhaust from the headers to the bottom of the midpipe (right after the crossover)...and leave everything past that unwrapped and polished.

[Sagerider]

Go here,

http://speedzilla.com/forums/showthr...Heat+shielding

I have no issues with the way this works for me and it does work.
For some reason some of the pictures won't come up.
The left side is covered in two layers of the Heat Tape stuff. This is the area that will melt with the 57 mm Termi pipes if you don't do something to prevent it. Be sure to cover the entire area with the Heat Tape stuff. I ran the entire length of the lower left fairing with two layers.
If you have any questions shoot me a pm.

[hogrocket]

Not actually advised "not to" but Mark Sutton of DucShop told me that he wouldn't bother ceramic coating or wrapping. I am still wanting to find out if wrapping only the bottom area might not create a "Hot" spot in the pipe. I am taking everyone's advice to lay some protective barrier along the inside of the fairing and will wrap the area closest to the plastic. The ceramic coating may help a bit in exhaust velocity and the whole set-up may be cooler to the touch, but these aren't concerns of mine. In Alaska, the extra heat up the leg and under the butt comes in handy! I just don't want to ruin a limited edition paint job!