BMWTech Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Guys I'd like to get some more info on this subject. I've heard all sorts of controversial talk on where to Hot coat and what parts to coat and what types of coatings. If anyone has some Links to throw out please do! I'm looking into the header and turbine housing and possibly the downpipe....I'm not into the heatwrapping especially if my downpipe is only going to be mild steel. Thanks for the input! -Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.swaintech.com I'll try and find some more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.swaintech.com/header.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.swaintech.com/price.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMWTech Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thats the only website I've come across so far, what about Jet-hot or Jet-coat, not sure on the name....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.jet-hot.com I'll look around some more...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 At Jet-hot, they have the "Jet-hot 2000" coating, it's good up to 2450 degrees. That's the highest i've seen before.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.performancecoatings.com http://www.performancecoatings.com/prices.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.eastwoodco.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.prestigepowder.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.dicustomcoatings.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.speeddirect.com/index.aspx?nodeid=13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.exoticcoatings.net  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 www.amr-coatings.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questron Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 LOL............MAN you are one HEAT COATING FINDING MACHINE :o I've been reading this thread for the past 30min...and everytime I hit refresh there is another link...lol Great info 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.madhousemanagement.com/performance_coatings.html <---Couldn't find any coatings ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.coffeydistributing.com/sledpro/page29.html http://www.zircotec.com/index.html? http://www.skperformance.com/atv/atv_coats.htm http://www.techlinecoatings.com/exhaust.htm www.finishlinecoatings.com John ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 LOL............MAN you are one HEAT COATING FINDING MACHINE :o I've been reading this thread for the past 30min...and everytime I hit refresh there is another link...lol Great info 8) LMAO!! What can I say? I'm a MACHINE 8).... Pretty much all the companies either carry Jet-Hot, Swain-tech, or that chrome looking one.... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heefner Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Neil, I sent my header from Chad to Jet-Hot to have it coated. They don't recomend coating the inside but I had mine coated anyway. I figured if it got hot enough to chip or crack (2000+ deg) I would have bigger problems. Well, after tunning it has turned a little yellow and I did find where it chipped on the outside. I don't know if that means it chipped on the inside too or not. I really don't see that it will hurt any thing. I saw Jet-Hot as being the best product out there. Who knows. I sent them an email asking for a quote and they sent me back a care package with a video, a few flyers and some stickers. I even got a Christmas car with a $50 off cupon for a recoating. They are really great people. I noticed a huge decrease in under hood temps with the new coating compared to the old manifold with out a coating. Having my header coated inside and out was about $190 including shipping both ways. You have 3 choices in color, blue, black and gray. The blue and black are extra. To only have the outside coated is about $155 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidNiteRide89 Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Perhaps I should move this to the FAQ forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tsi20g Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 i had my stock cast manifold sent to jet-hot- i have the blue coating, after 6 months of using it there were some spots of rust showing thru and some flaking, at the time (5yrs ago) they had a warranty so i sent it back for recoating and they did recoat it for free, now i got rust showing up all over but will be going with new Chad's header so i didnt care anymore, i'm thinking Swain now or HPC http://www.hpcoatings.com/ , Rob NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob1770 Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 OK, does anyone out there actually use coatings on their pistons, combustion chambers and other internal parts? I can look up coatings all day and find the same thing, but I would like to hear from someone who actually has experience with coatings. Real experience, not my uncle has a cousin who made out with a chick who turned out to be his aunts brother in drag who knows a guy who had a buddy who read an article about a guy who tried it and died of carbon monoxide poising while licking a coating off the inside of a set of headers kinda thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPaus_88TSi Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 OK, does anyone out there actually use coatings on their pistons, combustion chambers and other internal parts? I can look up coatings all day and find the same thing, but I would like to hear from someone who actually has experience with coatings. Real experience, not my uncle has a cousin who made out with a chick who turned out to be his aunts brother in drag who knows a guy who had a buddy who read an article about a guy who tried it and died of carbon monoxide poising while licking a coating off the  inside of a set of headers kinda thing. Ummm, there already is people who have said that Jet-Hot starts to peel/flake/crack off etc...... As for the internal coatings, Swain Tech burns off after awhile. Usually only the "selected few" do the internals, as they will probably rebuild the whole engine after a few races, or after one trip down the 1/4....... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tsi20g Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 i have my JE pistons top coated and side skirts molly impregnated(lol), also thermal barrier in combustion chambers, top of valves and exhaust ports, i'm building up another engine with goodies so when i'm finished i'll be swapping engines-i'll let you guys know how everything looks after about 5yrs of use when i disassemble the "old" engine- i have mysterious oil consumption problem with my gapless rings and cyl.#4 shows some oil consumption on spark plug-who knows, it could be my stock headgasket giving up slowly ;D, coating work was performed by Bohacz Advanced Technology here in NJ-i think the guy works for Accel DFI now; so i'm thinking if i should do the coatings over again on my new engine ??? and who to use? Rob NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMWTech Posted February 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 It would interesting to see how the coatings hold up after 5 years. I've heard on a daily driven car they dont last more than 10k miles, just a rumor though. I dont know anyone personally with the coatings done. I'm just gonna stick with the header and turbine for now, they should hopefully last awhile since the car only sees about 1500 miles a year and is stored inside. -neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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