Header Paint
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Header Paint
Anyone know of a good product to use to paint headers with that won't burn off in the first hundred miles? I've had bad luck with the so called "high heat" spray paint I get at the local auto parts store and was wondering if anyone has found anything better.
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car craft (i think) had some header that had a special coating on them that they initially put on wrong, so it didn't last there test. but they later came back and said that they applied the paint wrong (it suposed to cook on or something) and did an entire article on applying it right, if i remember i will look in all my old issues when i get home.
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just pay to have them ceramic coated it will pay off in more ways then one. I priced it out on a set for about 160.
I tried many different kinds of high temp paint , will multiple coats and letting it sit and dry for a day between each coat and still burned off with in an hour of use on the motor.
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I tried many different kinds of high temp paint , will multiple coats and letting it sit and dry for a day between each coat and still burned off with in an hour of use on the motor.
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I sand blasted my headers before I painted them then used some ultra high temp header paint and followed the directions to the letter and it worked fine for me. My wife didn't apreciate me baking my headers in the oven though LOL.
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header coatings
it's a little more expensive than paints but powder coating gives a nice look and the more heat you give it the harder it gets.you can either have it prof, done for relitively cheap or you can buy the kits to do it at home. if you choose to do it at home make shure you don't bake it in your oven.use an oven that you don't plan on cooking food in ever again.
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Header Paint
I used por 15 factory manifold grey. That was almost 2 years ago. I had had the headers on the truck for about a year before that and they were very rusty even though they were factory painted. I had them sandblasted and then used metal ready and then painted them with the manifold grey paint. It's doing ok, but I wouldn't say it is as good as high heat powder coating or ceramic coating, but then it's alot cheaper also.
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If your asking about the por 15 1200 degree paint, I would say that it would be better to stick to the manifold paint. The 1200 degree paint would probably be for other engine components such as heads/block/intake and would probably be an extra tough paint to use in and around the engine compartment. You could call or email por 15 guys though and ask their advice.
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Not to sound like a know it all , but the temperatures inside the tube on the surface can reach 1200-1300 F depending on the tuning of the engine...
With thermal barrier coating you can protect the header tubing and increase volumetric efficiency while reducing under the hood temps by at least 100F.
it is a well known fact that for every 10 degrees F drop in underhood temps,
there is a potential increase of power by 1%.
www.techlinecoatings.com sells smaller quanities of header coatings. You may however, just send them out and get them done.
Capps in Fresno does it for the best price I have seen thus far.
With thermal barrier coating you can protect the header tubing and increase volumetric efficiency while reducing under the hood temps by at least 100F.
it is a well known fact that for every 10 degrees F drop in underhood temps,
there is a potential increase of power by 1%.
www.techlinecoatings.com sells smaller quanities of header coatings. You may however, just send them out and get them done.
Capps in Fresno does it for the best price I have seen thus far.
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