A slight segue here on exhaust. I wrapped the header pipes in DEI's Titanium wrap (a rock wool variant) and during that stint the bobbins failed on the right side and the strain of that took out the right header mount. Had it re-welded successfully then removed the wrap as it was failing on its own. The pipes look ghastly so I have wrapped them again using a white fiberglass 2" band. After the burn in it looks like a nice tan.
I have also installed the Muscle air cleaner which allows more air into the system. This all means that in an already lean burning engine I have introduced more air making it leaner and hotter and with the wrap the heat is contained in the pipes and more concentrated.
Where I live I will never have to have this hooked up to an emissions analyzer so I am seriously tempted to remove the catalytic converter and just leave the oxygen sensor on for show.
Should I get the a new chip to program a better fuel mix so as not to hit these temps and keep the engine happy? S&S had to do all this to make the engine US and EU compliant but I don't care...
