Experimenting / testing the heat shielding solution I will be using on certain parts on the exhaust of project Desmoto. I know this is not completely realistic but it shows the rough potential!

I did multiple tests and got a large part of the exhaust glowing red hot (600 to 800C) (not on this video, that wasn’t safe 😂), and the shielding surface temperature was only rising to 100C. I had no problem holding my hand super close to the shielding. Almost NO radiation heat!

Looks really promising, and I am pretty sure this will work perfectly to preserve my rear shock!

This method is also used on professional race cars manifolds and turbos. Wrapping with ceramic wool (1000C resistant) and covering that with 0.1mm embossed stainless steel sheeting mounted using spot welds.

This method should reduce surface exhaust heat by 50% and radiation heat by 90%. In this test it seems to perform even better!