How hot does a header collector get?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Morgantown,WV USA
How hot does a header collector get?
Gang,
Anyone have an idea as to how hot the exhaust system gets where the header collector connects to the exhaust pipe- this would be on a car with no cat converters- just headers and pipes.
Thanks,
Dan
Anyone have an idea as to how hot the exhaust system gets where the header collector connects to the exhaust pipe- this would be on a car with no cat converters- just headers and pipes.
Thanks,
Dan
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Temperatures also depend on the header coating if any. A header that is coated on the outside only will be cooler than an uncoated header. A header coated inside and out will be cooler still.
Maybe if you could tell us why you're wanting to know we could have some pointers / experience with it. Perhaps you're looking for a good place to stick an EGT sensor?
Maybe if you could tell us why you're wanting to know we could have some pointers / experience with it. Perhaps you're looking for a good place to stick an EGT sensor?
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Wescosville Pa
We used 1500 degree VHT spray paint on the side pipes and headers of our Cobra. It lasted about a year, then we recoated them.....kept doing that till we ceramic coated them.
If you afford them, ceramic coat them!
The paint will last about a year, unles you drive in alot of rain/snowny coditions. If you're willing to paint them ever 6 months, go for it, but from someone who went through it, you can't beat the ceramic coating.
Just my .02
If you afford them, ceramic coat them!
The paint will last about a year, unles you drive in alot of rain/snowny coditions. If you're willing to paint them ever 6 months, go for it, but from someone who went through it, you can't beat the ceramic coating.
Just my .02
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Drifting
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From: somewhere between heaven and hell WI
I don't think the paint will work. I used 1500 deg paint on my exhaust tips and it didnt hold up more than a year.
The collectors are alot hotter than the tips.
Ceramic coating I think would be the best bet. Paint will work but wont last long at all.
The collectors are alot hotter than the tips.
Ceramic coating I think would be the best bet. Paint will work but wont last long at all.
