powdercoating a water pump.
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powdercoating a water pump.
What do you folks think? I've powdercoated my valve covers, TB, MAF, Coil brackets and other misc pieces on my car(matte black) looks awesome! I have an extra WP that works and was wondering if I powdercoated it, would it retain more heat and not cool as well? I'll post pics when everything is done. What do y'all think?
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Dude, Powdercoating can handle very high temperatures. I think it should do just as good as any high temp paint. I haven't heard of any pc'd parts flaking due to high heat. I'm not doing headers or anything. Just wondering if it would affect the parts performance or not. Thanks!
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I was told from various sources that powdercoating the waterpump will possibly harm the bearings as a result of the heat used in powdercoating, hence, why I went with high temp paint.
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I am powdering a waterpump for an LS1. As we speek it is heating up in the oven. I will tell you this for sure, it will take a half an hour to get the part to temp (400 deg.) because it is so thick so 15min at 400 is not all you will have to worry about. Other than that, I dont know yet. If you are still interested, I will let you know once we put it on the car if it works or not.