Test Results of Heat Elimination Mods

[DR Buck]

Yesterday the air temps hit 85º so I thought it would be a good day to test the effects of all the heat eliminations mods I've done to my RT Limited. I've done the following to eliminate the heat issues:

• Removed the CAT converter and replaced it with the Spyder Attitude Bypass.
  
• Cut a large oval opening in the back of the radiator vent 'swoop' area.
  
• Installed both SpyderPops blocking plates on the right side.
  
• Wrapped both header pipes with LavaWrap heat tape.
  
• Removed the stock airbox and all the junk that goes with it to allow for more air circulation under Tupperware.
  
• Added BRP adjustable air deflectors.
  

After initially removing the right side splash plate under the 'swoop' area, I reinstalled it with no effect on overheating. I also removed the SpyderPops CAT heat shields after loosing one. and removing the CAT converter. Using the digital gauge (removed the analog) temperatures run between the 4th and 5th bars, which are mid-scale. I haven't seen boiling gas or smelled fumes since wrapping the header pipes.
Follow the link below to my mods to see pictures of the mods. All of the really annoying heat is gone. :yes: Even sitting in traffic backups, there was very little heat coming up around the seat.

 

[Blue Star]

Yesterday the air temps hit 85º so I thought it would be a good day.

Would love to only have 85 degree weather, as it has been triple digit this week.

I installed the SpyderPops lower blocking plate and Cat shields. I was talking to my mechanic today. He said that last Saturday when we rode (102 degrees) that his right leg was cooking. I told him I did not even notice the heat, and I was three bikes behind him. He rides a GS, and I ride a RT, and think the blocking plate made the difference.

 

[MidLifeCrisis]

Have you found the oval cut out in the swoop to blow on the header and subsequently on your leg? Do the right side panels get super hot?


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[Bob Denman]

:2thumbs: Glad to hear that your solution is working! :clap: hyea::yes:hyea: :thumbup:

 

[flybuddy]

I did most everything you did including CAT removal and exhaust wrapping. I've also got the Baker wings along with the BRP adjustables. I've got both holes plugged but I use a tube to vent the lower heat down and out. I also had to use insulation under the floor boards as they were transferring metal to metal heat. Thankfully, problem solved.

 

[MouthPiece]

In my opinion it is the bottom right hand side "black hole" that cooks the rider's foot on the 2013 RT-S. I say that because if you place your foot way forward on the footboard, it is RIGHT in front of that "black hole" of heat. Just my opinion though.

Chris

 

[Grandpa Spyder]

I did most everything you did including CAT removal and exhaust wrapping. I've also got the Baker wings along with the BRP adjustables. I've got both holes plugged but I use a tube to vent the lower heat down and out. I also had to use insulation under the floor boards as they were transferring metal to metal heat. Thankfully, problem solved.

You know if you had one of those on the other side, that would really look pretty cool.

 

[DR Buck]

Great post.

Do you have any idea what the single most effective thing you did was?

I think a combonation of a few things. 1) The block plates and the oval cutout. This keeps the heat off of your right foot and leg. 2) Cat bypass removal and pipe wrapping. This eliminates most of the heat that comes up the sides when riding at low speeds or stopped in traffic. It also gets rid of the very hot air that comes up around the seat and boils your gas.

 

[flybuddy]

Great post.

Do you have any idea what the single most effective thing you did was?

I agree with the bottom plate giving the most improvement. If I didn't add the front footrests I probably would have stopped there.

 

[flybuddy]

You know if you had one of those on the other side, that would really look pretty cool.

Then I would have even thrust...I've actually had people asking the usual Spyder questions at traffic lights and look at that pipe and ask if that's my exhaust.

 

[JRWW]

Fellow Spyder lovers, any pics and how did you cut out the oval part as described in the previous threads??

Regards
John

 

[DR Buck]

Fellow Spyder lovers, any pics and how did you cut out the oval part as described in the previous threads??

Regards
John

I used a cutting knife that goes on the end of a butane solder iron. I guess a Dremel would work just as well.

 

[ulflyer]

I used a dremel with a cutter thats similar to a drill but has tiny cutting edges on the side. Goes right thru the plastic but throws a lot of particles in the process so make sure you wear eye protection. Leaves the edges pretty rough but I didn't bother trying to smooth them off. Might go back and see if I can do that tho...........

 

[fyrertuck]

I am myself running Baker build air wings and the BRP adjustable wings, right upper block off plate, lave exh wrap on both pipes, plus removed the air resonator on the left side. One of the biggest things I did and I see most Spyder folks are missing is inspector gadget A-frame deflector. I made a set for both upper and lower a-frames. They work great on warm and hot days. In cold weather I remove them. Ok yes you will drop 1 or 2 mpg on the highway but my Spyder run nice and cool.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I am myself running Baker build air wings and the BRP adjustable wings, right upper block off plate, lave exh wrap on both pipes, plus removed the air resonator on the left side. One of the biggest things I did and I see most Spyder folks are missing is inspector gadget A-frame deflector. I made a set for both upper and lower a-frames. They work great on warm and hot days. In cold weather I remove them. Ok yes you will drop 1 or 2 mpg on the highway but my Spyder run nice and cool.

Is the warm day in MA August 15th and the hot day August 16th? :roflblack:

 

[fyrertuck]

Will we do hit 98 at last once. :roflblack:

But no during the summer with an hour ride home on the open highway at 90 and up and yes we do hit a 100 around here but not like you folks out west, the a-frame deflectors pull in more air in to the body of the Spyder. I have found the air temp not so bad on the right foot.

I will not ride without them.:bowdown:

 

[DR Buck]

Additional Update

Today the air temps hit 95º. When I left my office to come home the under Tupperware temp with the on-board thermometer was 102º. I hit the road in the usual Northern VA traffic which was slow. After about 2 miles the dash temp display was at 5 bars and the under Tupperware temp had dropped to 100º. I had to make a number of stops on the way home. Each time I stopped was on paved blacktop parking lots. When I got started each time the under Tupperware temp was between 105º and 107º. Within 2 miles or so it always dropped to 100º or slightly below. The dash gauger NEVER went over 5 bars. :yes:

Although the Tupperware was hot to touch on the lower right side and there was some heat coming up when I was stopped it was not the unbearable heat I had before the mods. While sitting in traffic my right foot got somewhat warmer, But again not unbearable. I don't expect to get rid of all the heat unless I install one of NASA's cryogenic cooling units for somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,450,000. :yikes:

I think I'm happy with the results so far. :yes:

 

[GRIPMAN]

Heat release

I did most everything you did including CAT removal and exhaust wrapping. I've also got the Baker wings along with the BRP adjustables. I've got both holes plugged but I use a tube to vent the lower heat down and out. I also had to use insulation under the floor boards as they were transferring metal to metal heat. Thankfully, problem solved.

Flybuddy,
I would appreciate any information on how you constructed that down pipe for the heat escape.

 

[ulflyer]

Have you found the oval cut out in the swoop to blow on the header and subsequently on your leg? Do the right side panels get super hot?
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You may have something here. Early this spring I enlarged the swoop hole even more that it was and I've since noticed a hot foot when resting on the footpeg. Didnt have that last year, as best as I can recall. Theres a lot of heat emanating from that lower panel and metal piece that holds the peg that I never noticed before. The exhaust pipe behind that panel has been wrapped and didn't seem to make a difference. OH WELL:banghead:

 

[jthornton]

Today the air temps hit 95º. When I left my office to come home the under Tupperware temp with the on-board thermometer was 102º. I hit the road in the usual Northern VA traffic which was slow. After about 2 miles the dash temp display was at 5 bars and the under Tupperware temp had dropped to 100º. I had to make a number of stops on the way home. Each time I stopped was on paved blacktop parking lots. When I got started each time the under Tupperware temp was between 105º and 107º. Within 2 miles or so it always dropped to 100º or slightly below. The dash gauger NEVER went over 5 bars. :yes:

Although the Tupperware was hot to touch on the lower right side and there was some heat coming up when I was stopped it was not the unbearable heat I had before the mods. While sitting in traffic my right foot got somewhat warmer, But again not unbearable. I don't expect to get rid of all the heat unless I install one of NASA's cryogenic cooling units for somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,450,000. :yikes:

I think I'm happy with the results so far. :yes:

Sounds like your making progress... btw that is the price for the mounting bolts not the whole unit.

JT