LG Header Coating
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Burning Brakes
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LG Header Coating
I have a set if LG Longtube Headers on order from LG who has them on sale . I am debating on having them coated. I like the looks of Jet Hot but I am also looking into Swain Tech Coating. Swain looks like some serious coating but comes only in white ceramic. This sould not be a problem unless you live under the car. Has anyone had experience with Swain coating or other coatings on their headers. Is coatings worth the cost. The LG header is SS so rust is not an issue. Reduction of radient heat & increase in HP would be my concern.
Drifting
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I did not have mine coated before installation and the under hood temps as recorded by the IAT sensor increased quite allot after installing headers. I would recommend coating, however with no experience with either company I can't help you there.
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Burning Brakes
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I think I am going to do the Swain coating only because they have the thicker .015 Ceramic layer for a thermal barrier. If your intake air temp. increased 10 F HP dropped 1% as per the swain web site www.swaintech.com/header.html The Jet-Hot are great/better looking but they are not as good a thermal barrier. The other good thing about Swain is they are about 50 miles or less from my house in Scottsville NY. Jet-Hot is in Pascagoula, MS.
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
Personally, I like the natural SS. Lou uses a high quality stainless, and is also a good insulator.
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Brett Hunter
I did not have mine coated before installation and the under hood temps as recorded by the IAT sensor increased quite allot after installing headers. I would recommend coating, however with no experience with either company I can't help you there.
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Wicked LT1
What about just coating the inside?
