Re: Coating trivia

["Rudy Consolacion" <rconsolacion@kumhotech.com>]

I believe the 928 32-valve motors have a ceramic lining in the 
exhuast ports of the head. This was done to allow quicker catalytic 
light-off time. As Scott says, nothing was put in the EM. My $0.02.

Rudy C.

> Porsche has used ceramic coating in their turbo cars for years.  NOT, mind
> you, in or on the Exhaust Manifold.  Given that they saw the importance of
> ceramic coating in production turbo cars, and chose exactly not to use it in
> the EM, one has to wonder, "why not"?
> 
> Scott Justusson
> QSHIPQ@aol.com
> '87 5ktqwRS2
> '86 5ktqw
> '84 Urq
> 
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