Going to send new intercooler pipes and turbo to be ceramic/powder coated..should I ceramic coat the down pipe??

 

Thats a good question, I know Im going to wrap my down pipe when I get the truck all back together. If your worried about it I would consider the price of doing it more than anything vs just wrapping it

 

Since you are sending stuff, I would send it out too.

 

Absolutely! If I ever have the need or opportunity to pull the downpipe I'm wrappin it. If I had the time or choice it would get coated.

Barney

 

while im a ceramic/powder coating freak the dp is not one i would choose to coat....reason being that thing gets beat up on with the clamp and going on and off the truck its going to get scratched and scuffed up....since i still wanted it coated anyway i chose to rattle can it with the bar-b-q flat black paint so when it gets dinged i can touch it up without taking it back to the coater....

 

I am just concerned about sending the heat under the truck..will it make the next pipe in line hotter?? to much heat into the mufler??

 

no, but its supposed to help the turbo spool faster

Barney

 

Remember the exhaust is pretty free flowing. I can't imagine it will change things that much.

 

I've been thinking about wrapping my uppipes since I dropped the Trans in my truck what do you guys think about doing that? Sorry for the hijack Joey this seems like the best place to ask

 

no problem John, my question has beed answered....ceramic coating it is

 

I think ceramic coating is always a good idea. And wrapping and ceramic coating the up and down pipes are actually the best way to protect the pipes and hold the heat in. Ceramic coating holds some heat but not as much as wrapping does. You'll get quicker spool up. Like Barney said. And it will also help lower under hood temps.
I myself did the poor man ceramic coating in a spray can and wrapped up & down pipes with VHT Flame Proof. I also did the turbine housing.

 

while i am waiting on the up pipes (install kit) i have been looking at wraping..the up pipes are bellowed..would i wrap the bellowed part as well??

 

NO you would NOT wrap the bellows if you are actually wrapping with old school wrap but if you are using the 1 piece type I am not sure. Now my thinking on this is you want the heat to expand and contract at the bellows opposed to at the pipe so if you keep the pipe hot and let the bellows do it's thing. So basically I don't think it is set in stone as what way is best. I think it is your call on that. But I did NOT wrap my bellows.

 

[quote=BadDogKuzz;12026294]NO you would NOT wrap the bellows if you are actually wrapping with old school wrap but if you are using the 1 piece type I am not sure. Now my thinking on this is you want the heat to expand and contract at the bellows opposed to at the pipe so if you keep the pipe hot and let the bellows do it's thing. So basically I don't think it is set in stone as what way is best. I think it is your call on that. But I did NOT wrap my bellows.[/quote


what is old school wrap??what i am looking at is 2" x 50'

 

[quote=joeyd61;12026484] I am sorry for being vauge. Old School is what you plan on using. That is the kind I used. But there is the new school style Thermo-Tec : Aluminized Heat Barrier.