jet hot worth it?
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I cant give any first hand experience, but everything ive read, seen, and heard says yea it is. Takes the heat away from the engine alot better, and makes youre headers last alot longer. Had some regular painted header on my 76... the lasted about 7 years. When i get my swap headers for my 460 im goin with the ceramic coated / aluminized ones.
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Not worth it to me. Have a set of $1k Thorleys on my SD and a set of cheaper ceramic coated long tubes on my 74' both rusted in short order. I use VHT header paint and a wire brush to keep the headers looking good.
Ceramic or Jet hot coating is just a glorified ceramic paint they put on, heat cure and polish in a vibratory tumbler.
I'd get regular painted headers, strip off the black paint and get a couple cans of VHT "Aluminum" colored ceramic header paint in rattle cans. (Around $6 a can) Thats what I'm doing next time around.
Ceramic or Jet hot coating is just a glorified ceramic paint they put on, heat cure and polish in a vibratory tumbler.
I'd get regular painted headers, strip off the black paint and get a couple cans of VHT "Aluminum" colored ceramic header paint in rattle cans. (Around $6 a can) Thats what I'm doing next time around.
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Advanced and Autozone. The VHT is the best I've found thus far. I was using Duplicolor header paint because there regular paint is awsome, however VHT is better. I use a stout wire brush to get the old crap off and paint over it, the heat cured it.
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johaner78 thanks for chiming in about O Reillys, I figured they would have VHT paint but there is no stores in my area.
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The VHT paint comes in several colors. I just used the flat aluminum color because it matches the ceramic coating the best.
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