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Old 08-24-04, 02:25 PM
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Is it ok to powder coat the compressor housing on a turbo?
Just wondering, about to send some stuff off to get powder coated
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Just don't get the inside of the compressor housing powdercoated - just the outside that you see. It actually works really well and holds up well.

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Powder coat is simply an appearance modification. You'd be better off having the snails ceramic coated if you're going to go to the trouble.
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Ceramic or any of the high performance heat coatings like www.jet-hot.com
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Also, make sure all the female threads on the Housing (specially the Primary Housing) get taped off well, otherwise, you'll have a hard time attaching all the components back on as the coating will increase the thread I.D.
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Coat the hot sections and downpipe...





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hey jim, how much did that run you?
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yeah some prices on some of the coating?
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It is on mine and has held up well
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OH BTW jim this is on an aftermarket turbo... not the stock twins....
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Originally Posted by su_maverick
hey jim, how much did that run you?
Nothing. Those are a friend's turbos.

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OH BTW jim this is on an aftermarket turbo... not the stock twins...
Doesn't matter. Ceramic coat the hot parts.
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well..lol...how much did it cost him/usually cost?
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so should i ceramic coat the hot side and powder coat the compressor, or ceramic coat both... im guessing that this is pretty expensive stuff....
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Originally Posted by ejmack1
so should i ceramic coat the hot side and powder coat the compressor, or ceramic coat both... im guessing that this is pretty expensive stuff....
Not much more than powder coat. Here are some prices...

http://www.performancecoatings.com/prices.html
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not bad, not bad at all.....would a downpipe be closer to the header price or a little cheaper...none of the mess of all the tubes.
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Originally Posted by su_maverick
not bad, not bad at all.....would a downpipe be closer to the header price or a little cheaper...none of the mess of all the tubes.
The pricing says $21/foot for straight piping 3" to 4" in diameter.
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A local shop does a nice ceramic on a 4-cyl turbo manifold or FD manifold for about $75.
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