anything out there that will hold up to the heat?
Rob
Rob
what kind of paint for exhaust manifold?
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look into ceramic coatings.
maybe look into these guys:
JETHOT The Hottest Header Coatings! Jet-Hot, jet coat, hot jet, headers, coatings, sterling,Header coating, Ceramic coating, corrosion protection, Metallic Ceramic Coatings, MCCI, metallic ceramic, exhaust coating, performance coating, temperature re
good luck
maybe look into these guys:
JETHOT The Hottest Header Coatings! Jet-Hot, jet coat, hot jet, headers, coatings, sterling,Header coating, Ceramic coating, corrosion protection, Metallic Ceramic Coatings, MCCI, metallic ceramic, exhaust coating, performance coating, temperature re
good luck
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Jet Hot = $240 shipped back to you.
I tried the VHT bake on paint. Will let you know when I get it running how it stands up.
I tried the VHT bake on paint. Will let you know when I get it running how it stands up.
dgangle
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IME, no paint holds up for more than 15 minues. No personal experience with ceramic coatings but I have seen some Cheby Ramshorms that have held up well over time to Jetcoat. Pricy as others have mentioned.
After thoroughly sandblasting, I used black BBQ paint on my exhaust manifold and it's holding up great after about 1000 miles.
x2 I have not found a paint that will work for that use. I would go ceramic or jet hot or leave raw. Of course I live in Arizona where rust doesn't rust. 
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hummm, well I dont want to spend alot of money on this so I think i will leave raw like most manifolds are I guess? Thanks for all the input
R
R
I used the same black 1200 deg bake-on paint on both my headers and my manifold. Because of the size I was not able to bake my headers in the oven, but I was able to bake my manifold. I found that my manifold has done very, very well over the years while my headers immediately bubbled and started flaking towards the top (at the collector end) but have held up reasonably well at the exhaust end.
dgangle
total rice
They have plenty and none of it works! BTDT!
Yup, tried it as well with dismal results.
VHT manifold paint is rated for 1500 degrees. It works. Mine is a couple years old and looks pretty good. I pre-heated it in the oven, painted, then followed the instructions for curing on the engine.
I painted the air injector rail with it and it flaked off.
I painted my valve cover and it looks good.
I painted the air injector rail with it and it flaked off.
I painted my valve cover and it looks good.
ceramic..........
Swain has a good product called White Lightning. It's supposed to keep heat from radiating too much into the engine bay. It is white in color, but you can coat it in any 1200 degree engine paint and it wont burn the paint off. Guys with modified turbo cars use this stuff and swear by it. Something to think about.
