Typically jethot or hp is the way to go. Just becareful when you bolt everything up. It does chip easier than ceramic. That said I had a ceramic coated manifold and turbo and the only crack I got in 5 years was when the manifold itself cracked.
On 4/1/09, Danijel Krajisnik <[email protected]> wrote: > Either way you go you will not regret it, another option is a Turbo > Blanket. It is alos meant to keep the heat inside the turbine for higher EG > velocities. > > GL > Dan > > --- On Mon, 3/30/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Let's talk coatings - who can take the heat? > To: "MiataPower" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 2:10 PM > > > > #yiv88611192 p {margin:0;} > > Looking into having my turbo exhaust manifold coated - looks like there is > no clear concensus about which coatings can take the heat for very long(when > abused on the track). > > That said, it sounds like SwainTech and JetHot are the two most talked > about. Most people report the Swain ceramic coating doesn't last very long > before it cracks and starts to flake due to expansion/contraction (and > likely the thickness of the coating itself). I haven't seen many people > report he same about the JetHot 2000 coatings, so I gave them a call - > apparently they also own HPcoatings(http://www.hpcoatings.com/) and they > offer a coating that has been tested up to > 2500*(http://www.hpcoatings.com/am/products/products_heat_hipercoat_extreme.aspx). > They claim t to not be as durable with regards to withstanding chipping, but > it sounds like a durable coating with regards to withstanding cracking and > flaking. It is also considered a true thermal barrier coating so with > regards to keeping the heat INside the manifold it sounds like a better > coating for turbo applications(helps spool and reduces radiant heat > significantly). > > Does anyone have any experience with either the JetHot 2000 or HP extreme > coatings. > > Any other coatings I should consider? > > thanks, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
