As a general rule,I never buy headers already coated. I buy them uncoated and then send them to Performance Coatings in Oklahoma City to have them do the job right. Chuck Simpson,the owner,was General Manager at HPC for over ten years and was part owner of Airborn Coatings. Chuck started his own business,Performance Coatings,back in the late '90's and they do all kinds of coatings,,and do them very well. As for coating stainless steel headers,it does make a noticeable difference in slowing down heat radiation and makes for much cooler engine and passenger compartments. It certainly made a noticeable difference on the aftermarket stainless headers used on ZR-1 Corvettes. Clint Hooper H&H Custom,owner 1969 El Camino ProTourer 2001 H-D FLHR custom bagger http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have coated 3/4 lenght headers now and the coating is not good, it rusted through the first winter, considering that the winters here are mostly 60F deg and rain two times a week I wont ever go with that again. I actually read in Burns catalog that stainless have much less thermal conduction than mild steel and therefore they dont need to be coated bacause that would give no gain, of course stainless is their business but if they promote that there must be some truth in it at least. I'm not saying that all coatings are bad, but considering that shipping headers fore and aft over the atlantic to complain about possible pitting/rusting is expensive as hell I'll rather double the money right away and buy stainless. I also consider that my car is all custom and that if I have to move a tube to clear something and reweld it it can be done with stainless but it cant be done on e mild steel header without recoating afterwards. André > I'm very happy with the headers I bought direct from Jet Hot. They sold me > Hooker Super Comps for a great price and hat them coated and the difference > is significant than buying them already coated. They do excellent work on > their coating!! > > Dan Mascheck > Wharton, TX > > _____ > > From: André-Tigergutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 1:10 PM > To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] stainless headers > > > Hi all, > > have anyone tried headers from stainless works? I know Clint proposed them a > while back but I have no more than that. > > any other brand of stainless small block headers to consider?? > > thanks ! > > Have Fun > André > > > >
