Ceramic coat or header wrap your down pipe?
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Ceramic coat or header wrap your down pipe?
I was wondering what you guys thought would be best for keeping under hood tempatures down. Either have my down pipe ceramic coated or wrap it in the header wrap you can get from Summit? Or maybe a combitation of bolth?
Thanks, CJ
Thanks, CJ
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CJ, we're experimenting more with doing ceramic coatings as of late. I'm not sure of the long-term effects of that on exhaust parts but I suspect they'll last awhile. It's definitely worth it on intake plumbing!
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the dp might be ok, or at least the rear half, but i've seen a few ceramic coated turbos and the coating is gone in about 1-2k miles. besides its more fun to jessie james a heat sheild for the turbo
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its been my experience that the wrap works well, although it is hard on whatever you're wrapping
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I was worried about was how close my wastegate was to the downpipe. There is only like 1" of space between the two.
You want to keep heat away from your WG diaphragm and hose? Not sure of underhood temp issues?
I made my WG fit so the head was between the DP and trans and almost the lowest part on the chassis. It is right by the wheel so there is no clearance issues over road hazards (besides DP and suspension pivots are lower) and in good airstream. Not to mention getting that heft (HKS GT WG) low and back in the car.
You want to keep heat away from your WG diaphragm and hose? Not sure of underhood temp issues?
I made my WG fit so the head was between the DP and trans and almost the lowest part on the chassis. It is right by the wheel so there is no clearance issues over road hazards (besides DP and suspension pivots are lower) and in good airstream. Not to mention getting that heft (HKS GT WG) low and back in the car.
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I had Jet_Coat do both the inside as well as the outside of my FD3S SSDP....then, I'm wrapping it with Longacre header wrap...Hopefiully only about 15% of heat will be thrown off...the rest will go thru the Bonz cat and then the RB cat back.....
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Heat wraps are a POS and a waste of money. Ceramic coat your downpipe. I had www.hpcoating.com do the extreme coating inside and outside of my downpipe and they did an outstanding job.
Also, you should never ceramic coat your turbo.
Also, you should never ceramic coat your turbo.
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I'm probably just going to have it coated and be done with it. My exhaust manifold, and turbo came coated so I'll use it as is. Hope to have the car running by Nov. 15. Theres a dyno day, and I'd love to see what all my hard work has brought. CJ
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Your turbos will not last as long as they should if you use ceramic coat, the heat needs to escape. Also, you should never use heat wraps, they will damage your parts.
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I think that the hipercoat extreme coating would work. Having the coating on the turbo won't kill its life that much faster. The heat will be kept in the turbine and sent through the down pipe, and heat won't soak into the other parts of the turbo as easily.
And kabooski, it would inhitit the rust. But I think that wrap ontop of the coating would kinda be a wate.
And kabooski, it would inhitit the rust. But I think that wrap ontop of the coating would kinda be a wate.