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Coating the exhaust manifold
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:14 pm
by latief
I just bought a used exhaust manifold to replace the cracked one on my car , can i repaint it ? if yes, what is recommended?
thanks,
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:28 pm
by BlackRoseRacing
"Paint" will only last so long before it burns off.....
Ceramic coating's are the way to go for prolonged life and HP....
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:29 pm
by latief
BlackRoseRacing wrote:"Paint" will only last so long before it burns off.....
Ceramic coating's are the way to go for prolonged life and HP....
Easily done? and where do you get the ceramic coating?
thanks,
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:09 pm
by NickKo
Hey Latief,
You should have known that I would be responding to this thread, huh ??
Here are a couple of other great products to use for coating exhaust manifolds. I've used them both and they work great, if you follow directions:
Eastwood:
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?item ... SubCat=787
Restomotive Laboratories (POR-15)
http://www.por-outlet.com/shop/index.ph ... 4f40ddb87b
The PO5-15 products are AWESOME stuff.
-Nick
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:20 pm
by latief
I was hoping you were going to respond!!!
i will look into these...thanks!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:39 pm
by occasional demons
Or if you really want to spend $
http://www.hpcoatings.com/am/products/p ... _heat.aspx
http://www.jet-hot.com/Pages/coatings.html
I know that HPC coats inside and out. The benefit of inside is that the heat is retained inside the mani. for better velocity/part life. But i would think you will drop atleast a $100 bill to get it done. It may be less with a puny Neon part though. IIRC thats about what it was for two BB chrysler shorty headers a while back.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:04 pm
by NickKo
occasional demons wrote:IIRC thats about what it was for two BB chrysler shorty headers a while back.
Hey, another 'old school' RB Mopar guy on this board, COOL !!
I've used both the Eastwood and the POR-15 products on Big-Block, Small-Block, and Slant Six exhaust manifolds and it works well as long as you sandblast first.
I haven't tried the HPC stuff, but from their description it sounds awesome.
-Nick
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:14 am
by latief
Thanks guys, i will look for a cheap option
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:19 am
by Danteneon
For what it's worth....
I had HPC coat my 2.2 long tube header for $110.00. This was about 10 years ago however....
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:02 am
by ewetho
Seen the Jet-Hot stuff first hand and even had to clean it when a valve cover on a Kharmin Ghis leaked all over it while going down the strip.
AWESOME product. Also saw a black coated set for a Old Type II bus and it lasted 2 years and looked new. Lost track after that.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:31 am
by Jamie
how do you apply that por 15 or whatever it was...
is it applied using a brush or do you have to mix and spray it? looks like a god deal. the ole turbo manifold could use a freshening up!
Jay
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:12 pm
by NickKo
Jamie wrote:how do you apply that por 15 or whatever it was...
is it applied using a brush or do you have to mix and spray it? looks like a god deal. the ole turbo manifold could use a freshening up!
Jay
You can brush or spray it.
BUT if you spray it, you have to use *their* (POR-15) thinner.
For this reason, I normally just brush it. Especially for stuff like an exhaust manifold.....
Now, if you're going to put it on parts that are visible outside of the car (like rims), I'd spray it on.
I sprayed some POR-15 on a set of original (old Mopar) Ralley rims and topcoated them with Argent Silver paint .... worked great.
-Nick