like i said, its run all day today, including idling for about 30min with no leaks so far. it hasnt broken 220*f yet and everything so far is fine.

 

spicy, kinda off subject here, but how do you feel about staying at the deals gap inn instead of lenoir city, tn? it's just a few dollars more and only an hour and a half more driving.

 

Kero was 100% on the pvc not holding its temp.
Updates coming soon!!

 

ALRIGHTY KIDS.

so a bit of an update
thanks to the heads up from Kero, i decided to study up a bit on pvc and decided to make my own fitting from copper and such.

Here's results of a day of riding with pvc:







As you can well see, extended riding had in fact caused it to warp
.

DO NOT USE PVC.

Although it did not leak, it doesnt seem stable enough for this job.

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So here's the update:
Got some new materials and went to work on the copper replacement.



Went to work:







Effin Fantastic


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Welding:














Pretty shoddy job... but then again, it worked fine.



Threw it on as the replacement:





No leaks...


And hopefully this one wont melt.
<3

 

Very nice cat!

Copper can withstand heat much better than PVC, it's max heat rating will be 400F under pressure, which is way more than your bike should be.

Btw, that's soldering not welding

 

haha yea sorry, flux was new to me.
got a learning experience today

 

You did a decent job for your first time.

Only thing I'd change is remove that expander you have the sensor screwed into and put the white tape on it to seal it off... you don't HAVE to but it'll be one less point of failure... just make sure none of it is covering the hole.

 

believe it or not, i put that expander in when the solder was wet... lets just say... its not coming out.. and its not leaking

 

you know its purpose isnt to melt together.... its meant to be a ribbon

Where did you get that fitting to resize the temp sensor to 3/4"

 

came with