How to wrap your exhausts with INFERNO WRAP
How to wrap your exhausts with INFERNO WRAP
We like exhaust wrap… we really like it. It slows down the burning process on our legs (a bit), hides a thousand manifold sins as well as looking cool.
Here’s a guide to how much wrap is needed for your manifold. Naturally it’s in inches as unlike the rest of the modern world (sic), exhaust guys still talk in fractions. Makes us look ultra and more mysterious.
| Pipe Outside Diameter | 2 Inch Wrap |
| 1 3/8″ | 30″ per foot |
| 1 1/2″ | 33″ per foot |
| 1 5/8″ | 35″ per foot |
| 1 3/4″ | 38″ per foot |
| 1 7/8″ | 41″ per foot |
| 2″ | 44″ per foot |
Unfortunately the usual black, tan, white colours just started becoming hoo-hum for us. What if we could have more colours than Josephs technicolour coat? We ll we can. Now we are the distributors for INFERNO WRAP. Not only a more superior product than anything else we’ve seen in the Australia market, it also comes in enough colours to fit into a 70’s tie-dying contest.
We get asked constantly how to wrap motorcycle exhausts properly so here’s a quick guide for anyone who wants to get there hands wet… literally.
- Using a shallow pan of water, moisten wrap to make it more pliable.
- Secure one end of strap in a vice or similar and start the other end at the top of the header.
- Wrap moistened material around the top as close to the exhaust flange as possible while still allowing flange to move freely.
- Use a stainless strap (provided) and continue to wrap down the header keeping the strap tight and slowly walking towards the vice.
- The overlap should be a little bit less than half the width of the wrap. As you get to any bends be sure to keep an eye on all overlaps to make sure there is no bunching.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO UNRAVEL AND RETRY IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED!
- When you have completed wrapping the header to your satisfaction, cut the wrap at a point that it won’t be seen (underside or inside of header)
- Use the remaining Stainless strap to secure the end.
- Thoroughly dry wrap, setting in a sunny area or near a heat source.
So colours now come in the following: Gold, Silver, Black, White,Tan, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green and Red. Click on each for more information.
Also if you are really serious about your thermal needs we also offer titanium wrap. It’s super strong and protective. Excellent heat shield properties as well. Comes in a nice version of Army Green. Come and check it out for yourself.
Can I add? I don’t start at the front of the header, start where you want the wrap to finish and work your way to the front of the pipe. Sounds counter intuitive but it reverses the overlap so that it flows better visually.
Hard to explain but yeah.
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Thanks for the tip
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Yeah I’ve done a lot of header pipes and extractors for cars etc. it’s a small difference but just flows better and more smoothly.
The biggest problem with doing it back to front is that you end up having to strap it at your manifold flange. Make sure you stop with enough room so the extra width of the wrap and ties won’t effect the flange when you reassemble.
The next thing is that when you do multi cylinder bikes it’s a lot easier to start at the top (with a full roll) as that’s where the biggest distance is between pipes. As you get to the joins you want to have very little wrap left otherwise it’s a nightmare lol.
Yeah that’s it. It’s a trade-off and I figured I can live with that as it keeps it neat and strapless at the back of the pipe or wherever you wrap from, which is normally more visible than up at the header flange.
Will have to drop by Mostyn some time real soon for a visit.
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