Coat a new Stainless header?

[memini55]

A good wide band senors is pricey Randy. The dual carb setup would need a sensor on each port to do a correct balance of all mix. A single would only give an average range.

At times with the webers I use a thermal measurement of the tube temperature to see how they are doing one at a time. I have watched an engine builder do this on an engine dyno. You can adjust the mix to get a god temperature on each port.

Mark

[Sea Ranch]

That's awesome!!

I haven't even begun to read about tuning Webers; mine operate for now and I'm in the driving season. But this winter I'll have to dig in as I'll have an emissions test coming up in the spring!

[ardee_selby]

It's a pity ceramic coating hasn't always been available!

Cheers - Richard

[Famous Frank]

Margaret, I decided to have my new stainless headers ceramic coated. I had them done in regular silver. I have a set that in the past was done in a very shiny silver that was close to chrome. Now that mine are done, I'm wishing for something in between. !!!! I think the shiny silver is a little too tarted up. The silver isn't bad but just not what I have in my head.

Here is a new question for the forum..................... Can I polish the ceramic coating? I was thinking of using a metal polish and hitting them with the buffing wheel. Is ceramic coating tough enough that it won't polish through the new coating?

Pics to follow.

Frank

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

Margaret, I decided to have my new stainless headers ceramic coated. I had them done in regular silver. I have a set that in the past was done in a very shiny silver that was close to chrome. Now that mine are done, I'm wishing for something in between. !!!! I think the shiny silver is a little too tarted up. The silver isn't bad but just not what I have in my head.

Here is a new question for the forum..................... Can I polish the ceramic coating? I was thinking of using a metal polish and hitting them with the buffing wheel. Is ceramic coating tough enough that it won't polish through the new coating?

Pics to follow.

Frank

Sounds about as useful as the old Army practice of whitewashing the coal heap

John

[bcmc33]

Polishing ceramic - now there's something to make you frown.

[mark t]

hello, has any wraped there headers? i did on my austin healey 100 m and it worked out great. i plan on doing the same to elan s2.

thanks, mark

[Sea Ranch]

Uhmmm . . . what's wrong with the factory cast manifold . . .

I always thought the cast piece was quieter (a plus for me), cheaper (I already have them) and you can paint or coat them to taste.

I realize they aren't a source of extra horsepower, though.

Am I missing something?

[jrwiseman]

hello, has any wraped there headers? i did on my austin healey 100 m and it worked out great. i plan on doing the same to elan s2.

thanks, mark

Hi Mark

I used DEI's header wrap on my twin cam's header [ header from RD Ent ]. Before installing the wrap, the heat would literally boil the fluid
in the clutch master cylinder during summer autocross events. After installing the wrap, the heat was significantly less.

have fun
John

[Famous Frank]

Well let's see if I can post a few pics. 1) the very shiny silver coated original headers, 2) The new Dave Bean header coated in silverl 3) the last 1/2 inch of the tube polished by hand, 4)the O2 sensor bung welded to the collector

[Sea Ranch]

Both sets look very nice, Frank. I really like the look of the coated Bean header. Just the right colour for me. Enjoy

[ecamiel]

I need to have mine recoated after 30 years.
Who did the tarty shiny ones for you?

Eric
64 S1 Hart

[Famous Frank]

The shiny ones were done by Evans Performance Powder Coating. Actually, they did both of them but at different times.

http://www.evansperformance.com/

770-888-8818

located in Cumming, GA