Funkotron

well i wouldn't say i was taking it easy out there, but i should probably start a new thread about it. it's always run hot so i put a fan override, a 1.6 bar cap, and distilled water with water wetter in it to avoid barrelling past 220F coolant temp in slow stuff. it averaged 175F but dropped down to 165F up in the mountains in the rain which i wasn't thrilled with, however I finally managed to not hit runaway conditions in the twisties and keep it under 200F! thanks for the reply!

My '98 just got around 28 mpg in similar conditions, but I managed to get it down to 23.8 one tank where we picked up the pace. I don't think I ever saw above 35 even before the headers and pc3. Are other people getting similar numbers on their 5th gens or should i get a new fuel pressure regulator?

First run set install report. I made a small clearance cut in chin fairing and added heatshield including around right fairing boss just below that opening. The center stand just barely rubs in its upright position - works for me. I had it wedged on install but by the time it was all torqued it just touches. I bet I could clear it if I had another set of gaskets. Repacked the carbon pipe and used permatex copper on the two slip joints after expanding the mid pipe with an autozone tool and impact gun. Have the KN filter now and PC3 with the 302 map and will try the full erion map next. Thanks everyone for the work getting this together and the tips in this thread to get it installed. Sounds incredible and much better low end driveability and mid range torque!

got em on. woah they're good

That's why I researched it. I'm still trying to figure out why my bike runs so hot and what can be done about it. I chimed in because I don't think you can properly ceramic coat these on the inside, so there's a potential risk compared to leaving the SS on its own (which we know will last).

I don't have enough experience to know if the SS tube would be compromised by retaining higher temperatures, but it doesn't look like our headers could be completely coated on the inside. This is from Swaintech: http://swaintech.com/race-coatings/race-coating-descriptions/white-lightning-exhaust-coatings/ If you look at the spec sheet on Jet Hot's exhaust coating page it says the same thing: https://www.jet-hot.com/thermal-barrier/ Maybe there's another way to do it, but if the entire inside can't be internally coated, I'm not sure I want to take the risk of having these headers rot out like my current ones.