DR Buck
08-04-2012, 06:17 PM
Well, it's not a full engineering analysis, but I took some temperature reading on my RT limited with a thermal IR reader and got some surprising results. Left side was not done as I just finished wrapping my exhaust pipes with lava wrap and had the tupperware back on.
I had the tupperware removed from the right side of the bike and the engine was cold as it had not been run in the past 3 days. Static temps were all ~94º. I started the bike and began taking readings to see if I could figure out if the Spyderpops blocking plates were pushing the heat in that was making the right side tupperware hot coming up around the seat. Well surprise! Long before the radiator fan kicked on the temperature of the black plastic under the glove box began to rise. Within 1 minute it was up to 130º. In 3 minutes the metal frame (above the plastic) that runs under the glove box and back under the seat was up to 135º.
The radiator fan kicked in after about 3 minutes and ran for less than a minute and shut down. It cycled like that for the remainder of the time I had the bike running.
After about 4 minutes run time the metal frame under the glove box (same one as above) was at 154º :yikes: The black plastic was at 132º.
I started taking reading on the exhaust header and engine. The engine was at 155º. The horizontal portion of the rear header pipe was up to 550º. The vertical portion after the 90º bend was at 300º and the heat was rising directly up under the center of the bike. At this point the (almost empty) gas tank was at 130º.
My conclusion from all of this is 1) Spyderpops blocking plates are not the cause of any heat problems. 2) Temperatures would have been higher if the tupperware was on. 3) Almost all of the heat up under the tupperware and the rider seat area is from the exhaust headers.
Next step is to figure out a way to get that heat out of there. Once I figure out how to get wrap on the right side pipe that will help. When I remove the CAT converter this winter I'm going to also try and find some way to vent that hot air out of there.
I had the tupperware removed from the right side of the bike and the engine was cold as it had not been run in the past 3 days. Static temps were all ~94º. I started the bike and began taking readings to see if I could figure out if the Spyderpops blocking plates were pushing the heat in that was making the right side tupperware hot coming up around the seat. Well surprise! Long before the radiator fan kicked on the temperature of the black plastic under the glove box began to rise. Within 1 minute it was up to 130º. In 3 minutes the metal frame (above the plastic) that runs under the glove box and back under the seat was up to 135º.
The radiator fan kicked in after about 3 minutes and ran for less than a minute and shut down. It cycled like that for the remainder of the time I had the bike running.
After about 4 minutes run time the metal frame under the glove box (same one as above) was at 154º :yikes: The black plastic was at 132º.
I started taking reading on the exhaust header and engine. The engine was at 155º. The horizontal portion of the rear header pipe was up to 550º. The vertical portion after the 90º bend was at 300º and the heat was rising directly up under the center of the bike. At this point the (almost empty) gas tank was at 130º.
My conclusion from all of this is 1) Spyderpops blocking plates are not the cause of any heat problems. 2) Temperatures would have been higher if the tupperware was on. 3) Almost all of the heat up under the tupperware and the rider seat area is from the exhaust headers.
Next step is to figure out a way to get that heat out of there. Once I figure out how to get wrap on the right side pipe that will help. When I remove the CAT converter this winter I'm going to also try and find some way to vent that hot air out of there.