[s-cars] Consensus on Painting/Coating EM???

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Well, that's under the assumption that you actually
drive the damn thing.

:-)

I doubt that most on this list get the EM hot enough
to peel that POR 20 off...although the POR seems to be
the exception to the rule with regards to engine paint
in turbo applications.  Most of them that I've heard
of flake off.


--- Darin Nederhoff <editor at s-cars.org> wrote:
> Well no "paint" is going to hold up on the EM?  
> Wrong....  I used POR 20 on
> my EM and RS2 turbo prior to installation in August
> of '02.  It is still on
> there and looking fine.   ;-)
> 
> Darin Nederhoff
> S-CARS.ORG
> Woodbury, MN
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Cody Payne
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:24 AM
> To: Fifield, Douglas; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Consensus on Painting/Coating
> EM???
> 
> Well no "paint" is going to hold up on the EM.  I
> have had good luck w/
> my Jet-Hot Sterling Coating on my EM.  Looks like:
>
http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/9882/pic00003.1.jpg
> but the shine has
> dulled w/ the heat.  You can also use the Jet-Hot
> 2000 on the hotside of
> your turbo.
> 
> As for real-world gains...I don't have any numbers.
> 
> HTH
> 
> cp
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Fifield, Douglas
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:13 AM
> To: 's-car-list at audifans.com'
> Subject: [s-cars] Consensus on Painting/Coating
> EM???
> 
> 
> 
> Not to open a can of worms, but is there any
> consensus on the value of
> coating/painting an EM before installing?  Same
> question on the turbo
> while
> it's out.
> 
> Douglas in MN
> 95.5 //S6Avant - mine
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> 
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