Thinking of getting my 2wd exhaust manifold ceramic coated,is it worth it and who does it,also any idea of cost

cheeRS stu

 

call camcoat- 01925 445003 they did my fiesta turbo!

 

cheeRS bud,what was the cost

cheeRS stu

 

Is it safe to do that, or will it crack like a muthafucker due to heat?

 

If you do ceramic coat it will you have any other issues because of where you will be transferring the heat to?

 

here is a place that do i http://www.camcoat.u-net.com/ think its about £80 for a manifold to be done

 

not sure what it will cost you ring em, i had a few bits done inside and out costs around £250ish depends on what you have

 

3rd badboy- they did mine!

 

it cost me £125 + vat to have my 2wd one coated. make me an offer and it could be yours. I'm selling up all my cossie parts now.

 

Anyone care to give any factual (ie non-rumour, as heard tons of that) of the noticable effects, good and bad of wrapping/coating manifold, exhaust housing, and exhaust.

Only effect ive physicly seen is a R5GTT manifold disintergrating when wrapped, and suprisingly, considering the rumours, hard abused cheap ebay tubular manifold surviving fine even though heat wrapped.

Performance effects id be interested in more than less enginebay heat.

 

personally i've never seem any problems and all drag headers I've fabricated in the last 5yrs have bee coated, they cool off so much faster also. my manifold was the first cast item i've had coated and it has dulded but not fell off, it does reduce heat very well though. not facts just experience.

 

Cool

 

im comin over with info geezer!

 

Wouldn't bother with cam coat cermachrome as it flakes off.

I've used it in the past

Its just like a ceramic liquid thats sprayed on and baked in the oven.

I'd go with Zircon Coatings, fast turnaround and fantastic quality.

Zirconia is one of the best thermal ceramics available for this application

http://www.zircotec.com/

They use plasma flame depostion to spray it on

As used in Aerospace industry and F1 so it speaks for its self.

Works well on my car




Reduces underbody heat considerably and is supposed to keep the heat in the exhaust which speeds up air flow and increases power

I got it done to stop my bonnet melting

 

this is somethign i am looking to do soon so would be interested i some reall life experiances

 

i was told about cermachrome by camcoat themselves not to bothers as my engine will be too hot for it, they said go for satin black!

 

how about the benefits of internal rather than external coatings? (if this is even paractical in this case.. ?)
On turbo applications, it must be beneficial to retain as much heat as possible in the exhaust gas before it reaches the turbine.

 

It is, up to the point that the heat starts melting things... Good for short term peformance.

 

id be worried about the coating coming off and fucking the exhaust wheel.

sure would stop manifolds cracking etc tho as theyd not get as hot.

 

Took these pics ages ago - I think it's a ceramic coated manifold.

Dick Dare's mint RS2000 (Dick also used to own one of the Richard Longman built Datapost Series 1 race cars:

 

Interesting post my next mod is a fanimold and im not sure whether to coat wrap or as is

 

thats just ceramachrome

 

it is, it wouldnt be good enough for turbo application

 

i've only seen it on NA cars and seemed to last well, so no idea about turbo engines i'm afraid.