Andre,is there no place in Europe that can do exhaust coatings? That seems hard to believe. 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
