Header coating or not?
Melting Slicks
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I have never been a big believer in coated headers.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '08
I have never been a big believer in coated headers.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
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Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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price on coating headers?
I have never been a big believer in coated headers.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
With that said, this is my 2nd C6 but the 1st to get coated 1 7/8's (TSP) headers (last C6 had Kooks ss) and it is amazing how much radiant heat it keeps out of the engine bay. A cooler engine bay will prolong the life of everything in it.
I will only buy coated headers from now on.
Approximately how much more does it cost to get these coated?
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Burning Brakes
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '14
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St. Jude Donor '09
I installed LS7 exhaust manifolds on my LS2... had the Jet-Hot Extreme Sterling done before install... they look super and there can be no question that they reduce under-hood temps.
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Melting Slicks
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From: SE Coast FL
Huh? I'd be interested to know more about any objections that 'vendors' (or whoever) might have objections to coating...
I installed LS7 exhaust manifolds on my LS2... had the Jet-Hot Extreme Sterling done before install... they look super and there can be no question that they reduce under-hood temps.
Rb
I installed LS7 exhaust manifolds on my LS2... had the Jet-Hot Extreme Sterling done before install... they look super and there can be no question that they reduce under-hood temps.
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bThe few that I spoke with when looking into headers said "dont believe in it".
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Pro
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Bonita Springs FL
This was said to keep underhood temps down and increase performance.
The downside was that it deteriorated the headers in a pretty quick fashion. Maybe its warranty reasons why the vendors aren't too keen on the coatings.
Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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For everyone's education; www.jet-hot.com
I'm not trying to be a smart a** here, but I checked out the site, and the only benfits I see is rust (which stainless doesn't) and appearance (which I'm not worried about). Did I miss something?
Intermediate
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From: Oakwood Hills IL
I'm sold for sure. Lower under hood temps prolong the life of everything heat-sensitive in there plus unless you have a true CAI (most merely filter air from under the hood) you're heating up your intake air supply. That's enough reason for me.