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Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 09:54 am May 03 2015
by crs
Hi. Got some dents on the header area - pipe is a Pro Circuit Platinum 2. Going to hurt performance or not? Cheers.

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Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 10:03 am May 03 2015
by s10gto
seen worse but if you would like to get them out it is not hard. Check youtube on pipe dent removal with air pressure.

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 10:03 am May 03 2015
by Julien D
Probably not enough to notice. The closer to the inlet, the more it affects performance. Being where those are, I doubt they will hurt anything.

http://motocrossactionmag.com/news/this ... astrophies

Interesting read ^

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 10:17 am May 03 2015
by crs
Thanks for the replies...

Yeh, read that article and that's why I posted as wasn't sure if these dents would be classed as being in the header section (bad) or in the 1st part of the cone (not such a worry).

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 07:37 pm May 03 2015
by Julien D
Looks ugly, but it probably won't affect the performance in any way.

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 10:12 pm May 04 2015
by Bitteeinit
I dented mine as well a few days ago (already had a small dent) and it had me wondering: are pipe guards universal?

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 08:05 am May 05 2015
by Julien D
There are universal pipe guards. They have to be bent to fit.

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 08:16 am May 05 2015
by Dekon
This is what Julien D is talking about:

http://www.motosport.com/moose-2stroke-pipe-guard

Re: Expansion Chamber dents - too bad?

Posted: 08:48 pm May 05 2015
by newbbewb
After bashing 3 FMF pipes real bad, I bought one of the above mentioned moose guards. Works GREAT! Now instead of replacing pipes, I'm replacing exhaust mounts. Still, it makes this hobby cheaper, and I'll take it where I can get it.