Nick Yoskin..inside
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Nick Yoskin..inside
I remember you telling me that you Swaintech coated manifolds started to "blister" up the top coat you had on the manifold.
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
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I can tell you that a friend of mine had his exhaust done by a local powder coating outfit and it was fine. The local powder coater had his brother doing all of the ceramic coatings. He fired the brother and started doing the ceramic coatings himself. He used the same material to do another set of headers and for some reason, it blistered as you're describing, so I have to think it's in the preparation or methods since it's the same material and different person applying it.
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St. Jude Donor '08
I remember you telling me that you Swaintech coated manifolds started to "blister" up the top coat you had on the manifold.
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
sorry tom for the delay!
yeah i got little "******* too" LOL.......
its the impurities of the metal getting "pushed" out.
glad to hear that issue is resovled!
those idiots posted over @ ls1tech, saw ur reply. they cannot even get the price right! blah!!!
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St. Jude Donor '08
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I remember you telling me that you Swaintech coated manifolds started to "blister" up the top coat you had on the manifold.
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
Mine are doing the same...its weird how it looks...the coating is not actually flaking off but it is just "titting" up in hot areas.
Did yours stop after a while or continue to do this until it actually flakes off? did you ever contact anyone to figure out wht it was happening? Swainteck says youcan paint or coat over their coating.
Vibration fixed by the way...it was the mounts and the 2 piece torque tube....
Thanks Tom
Does it look like little bits of solder? Like small silver bbs?
I got mine swaintech coated then applied some 1800* Hershel High Temp paint to them. I have noticed the little tiny bits of what looks like solder...if this is what you are seeing it it is the impurities in the mild steel cooking off.
It's my understanding that you will not see this with cast or stainless...just mild.
I think I mentioned this like 2 years ago.
Wait to you see the new addition to hood....besides the C6 model Kerry will have done soon.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Does it look like little bits of solder? Like small silver bbs?
I got mine swaintech coated then applied some 1800* Hershel High Temp paint to them. I have noticed the little tiny bits of what looks like solder...if this is what you are seeing it it is the impurities in the mild steel cooking off.
It's my understanding that you will not see this with cast or stainless...just mild.
I think I mentioned this like 2 years ago.
I got mine swaintech coated then applied some 1800* Hershel High Temp paint to them. I have noticed the little tiny bits of what looks like solder...if this is what you are seeing it it is the impurities in the mild steel cooking off.
It's my understanding that you will not see this with cast or stainless...just mild.
I think I mentioned this like 2 years ago.
to much CYPIONATE......:o
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sounds like you guys have the same "little *******", yes it looks like solder....
Does it eventually stop...or does the coating end up flaking off?
Lets see the hood.....what did you do to it...screens in the vents??
Tom
PS...I love little *******!
yeah..ls1 tech...Gearstar asking 27,000 for the conversion...WTF
Does it eventually stop...or does the coating end up flaking off?
Lets see the hood.....what did you do to it...screens in the vents??
Tom
PS...I love little *******!
yeah..ls1 tech...Gearstar asking 27,000 for the conversion...WTF
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sounds like you guys have the same "little *******", yes it looks like solder....
Does it eventually stop...or does the coating end up flaking off?
Lets see the hood.....what did you do to it...screens in the vents??
Tom
PS...I love little *******!
yeah..ls1 tech...Gearstar asking 27,000 for the conversion...WTF
Does it eventually stop...or does the coating end up flaking off?
Lets see the hood.....what did you do to it...screens in the vents??
Tom
PS...I love little *******!
yeah..ls1 tech...Gearstar asking 27,000 for the conversion...WTF
I will post some pics when my hood is done should be this friday.
