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Technically Speaking => General Technical discussion => Topic started by: froudy on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 05:19 AM

Title: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: froudy on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 05:19 AM
After following a post on Farcebook about GSX1400 headers..Could someone confirm please.
Early systems were chrome plated steel and double skinned.
FE with 4 into 1 are stainless headers, but still double skinned..NOT single skinned.

Thank you.
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: seth on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 05:56 AM
your info is correct
the later stainless headers are larger internal diameter than the earlier chrome ones but both are double skinned .
downtubes from any model  still fit both older 4-2 and later 4-1 collector box's.

:cheers:
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: froudy on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 06:00 AM
Thanks Seth..I knew I was right.
Some were saying that K7 were stainless single skinned as standard :onya:
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: seth on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 06:44 AM
only 2 part numbers for down pipes early chrome and later stainless ones .
most aftermarket down pipes are single skin as much cheaper to make and why they go discoloured so easily and give a slight power increase over standard.
its also been said many times  that if you convert a later(k5 onward) to 4-2 to keep the later downpipes as a slight power increase over early chrome downpipes.
all 14's from k5 on use same exhaust system but some k6 fe models had the yoshi link pipe and end can as a dealer mod and why i have 3 never fitted bazooka cans brand new in my loft .
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: KiwiCol on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 07:09 AM


Seth, you should get Essex's one & you could have a set of 4, new, never used bazooka's in the loft.
Or better still, fit them up as a 4 into 4!      Imagine that, 4 bazookas on 1 bike.  She'd be a thing to behold alright.  :rofl2:


Hell, maybe someone on here, with some photoshop skills could do us up a pic of what that'd look like.  It'd give Red nightmares forever seeing that, and probably a few others too.  :lol:


Even better, copy one of the recent pic's of Reds bike, photoshop 4 shiny chrome bazookas onto it & post it up!  Poor Red would never be able to look at his bike the same way again.
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: seth on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 07:23 AM
i need to tune the b/w 14 even more just to be able to go with that much weight on it and not sure if my loft can take the load of another bazooka
:facepalm:
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: gsxbarmy on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 08:42 AM
Quote from: froudy on Tuesday, 05 December  2017, 06:00 AM
Thanks Seth..I knew I was right.
Some were saying that K7 were stainless single skinned as standard :onya:

Its exactly as Seth says.

Dunno who "some" are but they are talking toffee and clearly have no idea what they are talking about.
Title: Re: GSX1400 Exhaust Headers
Post by: grog on Tuesday, 05 December 2017, 07:42 PM
id love to see photoshop of 4 bazookas. i cant do it, someone surely. ill treasure the campbells look with bazookas.