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Title: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on January 25, 2009, 06:10:27 PM: It is Normal, I know they are OK from being a regular forum reader it has been posted more than once. so when I saw it last night it didn't bother me. However, I could definitely see how this would freak a new Raptor owner out.

Maybe we could have a write up stickied somewhere? Or is there, and I am blind? :lol:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: exentix on January 25, 2009, 06:13:54 PM: i dont see the point in this thread peels :confused:

you kinda answered a question you didnt even ask :lol:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on January 25, 2009, 06:15:35 PM: Quote from: exentix on January 25, 2009, 06:13:54 PM
i dont see the point in this thread peels :confused:

you kinda answered a question you didnt even ask :lol:

Question is: How about a sticky for a new raptor owner? Read it again a$$hat!
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Colorado700R on January 25, 2009, 06:21:17 PM: there, it's stickyed now GTFOML!!! :rofl:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on January 25, 2009, 06:22:51 PM: Quote from: Colorado700R on January 25, 2009, 06:21:17 PM
there, it's stickyed now GTFOML!!! :rofl:

I was being a nice guy. :rofl: Thanks.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: exentix on January 25, 2009, 06:25:08 PM: sorry mr. grumpy gills i didnt read it right!
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Warren on January 25, 2009, 09:15:09 PM: it's about time someone made this a sticky. lol. i was just going to suggest a sticky for this thread when i saw "headers glowing" on the 700 section of the homepage here. lol.

but yeah from another 700R owner it's normal. no matter what you do the headers are going to glow.

hey peels, when you get your HMF take it for a night ride and run about 3-4 miles at WOT in 5th gear and look at your headers while riding that fast. they will glow all the back to the "Y" pipe and alittle past it. lol. so basicly all the way back to your leg will be red hot. ::) take some hot dogs or marshmellows. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on January 26, 2009, 07:46:14 AM: Quote from: warren on January 25, 2009, 09:15:09 PM
it's about time someone made this a sticky. lol. i was just going to suggest a sticky for this thread when i saw "headers glowing" on the 700 section of the homepage here. lol.

but yeah from another 700R owner it's normal. no matter what you do the headers are going to glow.

hey peels, when you get your HMF take it for a night ride and run about 3-4 miles at WOT in 5th gear and look at your headers while riding that fast. they will glow all the back to the "Y" pipe and alittle past it. lol. so basicly all the way back to your leg will be red hot. ::) take some hot dogs or marshmellows. :thumbs:

+1

I have some pics somewhere.. :help: of my HMF. I had it idleing in the garage for about 5 mins. I was like... whoa.... those things are cherry, turned off the lights and exactly as you said, mine went all the way back to the Y in the pipe! ::)
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: fire raptor on January 26, 2009, 09:56:39 PM: If the glow bothers them they can ride in the daylight. It,s kinda pretty around Christmas time. It freaks you out the first time you see it.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Oilfield_Mafia on January 31, 2009, 03:15:23 PM: :lol: :lol:

Im soooo Glad I saw this thread.. Last night I got my rappy back with the new GYT-R exhaust on, and I rode it for just a few minutes around the house, and when I got back in the shop, I saw the glowing headers.. Kinda freaked me out, but I remembered this thread. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: cowtownup on February 04, 2009, 06:03:05 PM: I thought it meant you were running very lean... Not so huh?
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on February 04, 2009, 06:06:30 PM: Not really. Lean just makes you too hot. Pipes glow because thin metal with tight bend right away.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Raptor Trent on February 19, 2009, 07:41:29 PM: I was told that they glow because of the overlap on the valves causing flames to enter the exhaust. It gets worse when you add a larger cam and nitrous. lol
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: bustedplastic on March 10, 2009, 12:39:56 PM: I never saw my stock header glow (probably because it was permanently cased in mud), but I finished installing the monster duals and holy shit they really glow! And that was just from idling. I cannot image how they will look while riding on our night rides up in the woods....
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Oilfield_Mafia on March 25, 2009, 07:21:48 AM: Quote from: bustedplastic on March 10, 2009, 12:39:56 PM
I never saw my stock header glow (probably because it was permanently cased in mud), but I finished installing the monster duals and holy shit they really glow! And that was just from idling. I cannot image how they will look while riding on our night rides up in the woods....

Mine dont glow at throttle.. its fine for them to glow at idle.. becuase there is no exhaust gas velocity.. so the heat isnt moving fast.. but once you give it throttle, you increase the speed of the exhaust gas, and the red should go away.. at night, under normal riding, if your headers glow red, you are probably too lean..

You really only want them glowing at idle.. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on March 25, 2009, 08:29:27 AM: You guys should snap some pics of the glowing headers. 8)
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on March 25, 2009, 08:41:31 AM: Quote from: Krandall on March 25, 2009, 08:29:27 AM
You guys should snap some pics of the glowing headers. 8)

will do :nun:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Warren on April 01, 2009, 06:25:52 PM: here's some pics i got of my barkers glowing. i'm sorry they suck. it wasn't dark enough in the garage i don't think. i took about 30 pics and only these 3 came out worth a crap. but anyway here you go.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/glow1.jpg)

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/glow2.jpg)

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/warno_p/glow3.jpg)
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on April 01, 2009, 07:34:35 PM: Bad ass warren. I was going to do that tonight. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on April 02, 2009, 06:15:33 AM: Quote from: PeelsSE2 on April 01, 2009, 07:34:35 PM
Bad ass warren. I was going to do that tonight. :thumbs:

fail
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on April 02, 2009, 06:36:24 AM: Quote from: Krandall on April 02, 2009, 06:15:33 AM
Quote from: PeelsSE2 on April 01, 2009, 07:34:35 PM
Bad ass warren. I was going to do that tonight. :thumbs:

fail

:lol: wtf Krandall, he just beat me to it. :bird:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on April 03, 2009, 08:31:47 AM: :kiss:

:lol:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Raginraptor on August 17, 2009, 09:33:22 PM: Hey guys my barkers glow pretty bad too... Is it normal or too lean when it glows more during a low speed trail ride in 2nd or 3rd gear.. I just went to a leaner map on the low end and it really glows now where before I didnt notice any glow but I was running very rich... Anyone?
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: 1badazz_700r on August 18, 2009, 02:41:41 AM: itisvery normal for your header pipes to glow. within a few minutes of run time they reach temps. of almost a 1000 degrees. checked mine with a infrared heat gun.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Raginraptor on August 18, 2009, 07:11:46 AM: Thanks... It always glowed during idle but I never noticed it during a slow trail ride.. I was just afraid of running it to lean or hot.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: shookie on November 10, 2009, 03:35:02 PM: hmf full :clap:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on November 10, 2009, 03:45:12 PM: nice pic.
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on November 11, 2009, 09:07:28 AM: I wish I still had my pic of my HMF pipe. Was Cherry!
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: vAtO on January 19, 2010, 10:24:33 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI)
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Krandall on January 19, 2010, 10:27:29 AM: Quote from: vAtO on January 19, 2010, 10:24:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI)

put your tongue on it!
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: vAtO on January 19, 2010, 01:50:04 PM: Quote from: Krandall on January 19, 2010, 10:27:29 AM
Quote from: vAtO on January 19, 2010, 10:24:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADJ0piwqJI)

put your tongue on it!

no way jose
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: AJ RAPTOR on February 07, 2010, 04:20:59 PM: Quote from: shookie on November 10, 2009, 03:35:02 PM
hmf full :clap:

the stock headers on my 04 660 glow like this sometimes even more and so bright its like having a dim red underglow its kinda scary at times
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: RAMBUNCTIOUS on January 07, 2011, 09:10:26 PM: I am a newbie, glad I read this !
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: Peelz on January 07, 2011, 11:49:58 PM: have you seen it? pretty cool. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Raptor 700 Glowing Header Pipes
Post by: RAMBUNCTIOUS on January 09, 2011, 10:59:55 AM: Quote from: PeelsSE2 on January 07, 2011, 11:49:58 PM
have you seen it? pretty cool. :thumbs:

I noticed it New Years eve when I did some night riding. I am glad to know it's normal :)