[s-cars] To ceramic coat or not

[elijahallen92 at aol.com]

Mark,
 Swaintech is what I used on the outside of my header. Here is a link describing the coating http://swaintech.com/header.html I think its the best out there for external coatings. Jethot has a coating that works for the inside of the header but I am looking for something better. I think swain might also have a coating for the insde and will contact them soon. The swain coatings are expensive so I can oly afford to do one part at a time. The outside of the header is $250 alone.

Elijah
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: Kenneth Keith <auditude at gmail.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:53:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [s-cars] To ceramic coat or not


How thick is the coating ? 
Wondering just how much space it would occupy inside a otherwise nice and smooth SS downpipe. 
 
Mark S 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Keith" <auditude at gmail.com> 
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:43 PM 
Subject: Re: [s-cars] To ceramic coat or not 
 
Hi Elijah, 
 
Which coater and coating were you planning on using? I know some 
places don't offer/recommend coating the inside. To me it makes sense 
to keep the heat in the gas versus the metal, assuming no other reason 
not to do it. 
 
Ken 
 
elijahallen92 at aol.com 
> 
> Depends on how deep your pockets are, there is no downside to ceramic > coating but it can get expensive. On the other hand so can a cracked > manifold or DP and if it is ceramic coated on the inside it more than > likely won't crack. I am ceramic coating my header inside and out for both > the protection and performance aspect. When I get the money saved I will > also do the DP. So without directly answering your question, there is my > opinion. 
> 
> Elijah 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: manuelsanchez at starpower.net 
> 
> S-heads, 
> 
> With the recent discussion of ceramic coating, and my recent 
> arrival of a new Stromung downpipe, I ask; is it worth putting 
> a ceramic coating on the downpipe? Is it too far downstream? 
> Somethin' better than nuttin'? My EM came too late for me to 
> coat it a while back. 
> 
> TIA. 
> 
> manny 
> 
> Uncoated Flatulence Evacuation System 
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