Another Dyno Tomorrow (AWR)

[YP5 Toronto]

23% is as close as you get....

 

[viVid]

I think I didn't specifically mention it before - my header is Jet-Hot ceramic coated (makes a huge difference in under hood temperature, fast cool off, and supposedly a little HP )
Here's a pic:

How much did it cost to coat your header? It looks very clean. The folks at AWR told me that coating/wrapping drastically reduces the life of the header...?

 

[03ES5spd]

23% is a lot for a fwd

any time slips?

 

[YP5 Toronto]

COATING DOES NOT REDUCE THE LIFE of the header.... it does the complete opposite.

www.swaintech.com
www.fireballcoatings.com

 

[viVid]

That is what I thought as well, but here is what Tony at AWR had to say about it:

We normally don't wrap a stainless header. It im-britles the material and decreases it's life span.

I still hesitate to wrap this product and i don't think that ceramic coating is the way to go on stainless. the stainless material tends to keep a good amount of the heat in and direct it out the end, but maybe it's not enough for what you are after.

 

[twilightprotege]

yeah that is weird. i thought coating would be of great benefit as well. i've never been a big fan of wrapping however (looks sh!t too)

 

[FasterP5]

I bought my header "slightly used" from "AlbinoMuntjac".
He had it coated by Jet Hot Coatings (I would have had them coat myne if I'd not been able to find a used one). I believe they charge about $160, shipped.

Look them up on the web and ask them for info and/or a quote, they'll probably send you A LOT of information on their product. As said above, it significantly increases the life of headers (both stainless and mild steel). The most important thing I saw in their literature is that the surface temperature is reduced by like 300 degrees.... also, a few minutes after shut off you can touch them with your hand !

And yes, as Tony said, wrapping (any) headers significantly reduces their lifetime.

 

[03ES5spd]

Wraping and coating are completely different.

Coating increases the life of the part.

Wraping decreases the life of the part.

I guess you DO NOT have any time slips then.

 

[122 Vega]

I have had stainless headers on my race car wrapped for seven years, no problems yet. usually the problem comes from the wrap holding moisture in aroung the metal, but these are stainless, so?

Britt

 

[AlbinoMuntjac]

I bought my header "slightly used" from "AlbinoMuntjac".
He had it coated by Jet Hot Coatings (I would have had them coat myne if I'd not been able to find a used one). I believe they charge about $160, shipped.

Look them up on the web and ask them for info and/or a quote, they'll probably send you A LOT of information on their product. As said above, it significantly increases the life of headers (both stainless and mild steel). The most important thing I saw in their literature is that the surface temperature is reduced by like 300 degrees.... also, a few minutes after shut off you can touch them with your hand !

And yes, as Tony said, wrapping (any) headers significantly reduces their lifetime.

Thought that header looked familiar. Yeah, wrapping is the s*** way to go. You're just trapping mouisture between the wrap and the header which is just going to aid rust and growth of other corrsion. For the "Sterling" finish, which is what is on this header, it actually ran closer to $180 or so with all the shipping and stuff. Jet Hot does offer other options, such has coatings that resist higher temps and they also have colors now too.

To anyone interested in it, just give them a call. Like Faster said, they will send you an absolute glut of information. There was a bunch of print info and a video in my mailbox about a week or so after I initially contacted them.

Removing the fan makes it a lot easier to install, and the fan removal is darn simple. It's one or two screws and a weather pack connector and it lifts right out. Definately makes life a lot easier. If anyone has any questions, just PM me and I'd be more than glad to answer them.