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Author Message   Ourdee Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 08:13 pm:        From watching this video, Not really.   46champ Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 09:40 pm:        Makes me feel better thinking of all those front pipes on Sportsters I have clearanced over the years. I kind of wonder if they are not loosing as much as they think because the pipe may be bulging out the sides. Ordee I like your bike that was my favorite color skeeme of the XBs.   Hybridmomentspass Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 12:48 am:        Thanks for posting this, pretty neat how it lost so little after all of that bashing   Sifo Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 09:22 am:        Never would have expected that. Funny how header design is still considered so important.   Reepicheep Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 11:23 am:        People have found the same thing with two stroke dirt bikes (which have pretty complicated expansion chambers built into the header). Dents added power as often as they robbed it, and in general, there wasn't much difference. I was surprised too.   86129squids Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 12:16 pm:        So- what If I'm a coolio-Brah, driving around in a "tuner" Jap car with a wing and a coffee-can tailpipe and THAT gets dented- will I get more powahhh? Or girlz?   Natexlh1000 Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 12:56 pm:        Awesome video. I love the roadkill shows too. I have watched every one.   Griffmeister Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 01:05 pm:        I like how HP increased after two dents, this could be a watershed moment in header design. The only two things that concerned me here were, 1) They were wailing on those headers with them were bolted to the heads as their only support, and 2) Hitting hammer on hammer with no eye protection.   Sifo Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 01:18 pm:        Keep in mind that the HP gain they saw would be pretty typical of back to back dyno runs without any changes. Hitting hammer to hammer is nothing to play with, although they weren't hitting all that hard. I did know someone who was blinded in one eye that way. I've also seen fragments pretty deep into a co-workers arm.   Ourdee Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 05:53 pm:        I have co-workers that used to smack hammers at the foundry. One of them still has a piece inside him. I thought about the header bolts in the head on my XB as soon as they hit the first one. Yes, the 08 XB12Scg is sweet in the translucent red. (HotWheels) I don't plan on dinging my pipes for power.   86129squids Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 10:58 pm:        Got a good buddy who has a XB12SS s, cherry, and he's promised me first shot at dibs. I'll fight you all for it.

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