Ceramic coating on the turbines
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Ceramic coating on the turbines Polished the compressors and coated the turbines and centers with ceramic (after about a week of smoothing). Yet to bolt on but is supposed to resist any discoloration beyond 1200 degrees. Most think its all aluminum.
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i will give you 3 dollars if you do that to my turbos. Seriously let me know.
j/k Looks really good! Maybe i should do that since i won't be driving my car until the end of summer. If you don't mind i'd like to contact you for some pointers.
Greg
j/k Looks really good! Maybe i should do that since i won't be driving my car until the end of summer. If you don't mind i'd like to contact you for some pointers.
Greg
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Originally Posted by EightBallWS6
how much does that kinda thing cost? How bout just for the two housings?
Cost????? Im poor so I have to do everything myself. I bought the Coating from Caswell Plating (http://www.caswellplating.com) under the brand name of "Cerakote Chromex". Its a hundred bucks a quart but it goes quite a long way. The biggest part is labor. If the cast iron turbines arent really smoothed out it just does not look good. I also do all my own chrome plating and anodizing with chemicals I get at Caswell. Like I said.... Im poor. The ceramic sprays on (I used a touch up gun), its water based and has to be baked at 500 degrees for an hour or so to cure it. Then it can be wet sanded and polished. I realize this is getting a little off topic for the FI section, but its perfect for the turbo's. Everybody offers the same coating on their headers.
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P.S. Practice first. The stuff does not come off very well even with sandblasting. It has to be ground off. It cannot be touched up because nothing sticks to it.
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Originally Posted by Lasershop
Cost????? Im poor so I have to do everything myself. I bought the Coating from Caswell Plating (http://www.caswellplating.com) under the brand name of "Cerakote Chromex". Its a hundred bucks a quart but it goes quite a long way. The biggest part is labor. If the cast iron turbines arent really smoothed out it just does not look good. I also do all my own chrome plating and anodizing with chemicals I get at Caswell. Like I said.... Im poor. The ceramic sprays on (I used a touch up gun), its water based and has to be baked at 500 degrees for an hour or so to cure it. Then it can be wet sanded and polished. I realize this is getting a little off topic for the FI section, but its perfect for the turbo's. Everybody offers the same coating on their headers.
RonO
P.S. Practice first. The stuff does not come off very well even with sandblasting. It has to be ground off. It cannot be touched up because nothing sticks to it.
RonO
P.S. Practice first. The stuff does not come off very well even with sandblasting. It has to be ground off. It cannot be touched up because nothing sticks to it.
What if you're just going after function to keep the exhaust housing from rusting?
I don't mean to rain on your parade but exhaust temps on an N/A engine get to 1380 routinely, boosted can get even higher. I don't think it will hold up much better than most coatings like Jet Hot etc. I have never had a set of coated headers that didn't flake or peel or rust except for Swain Tech which is a true ceramic and goes on .030-.050 thick and is like arctic white 80 grit sand paper when finished, it may not be the prettiest but it works. It will slightly discolor mostly due to what comes in contact with it, but it sure is worth it when changing plugs on a hot engine, it really insulates.
Good luck with you turbos, I am interested in seeing if your attention to detail will help the coating adhere any better.
Keep us posted.
Good luck with you turbos, I am interested in seeing if your attention to detail will help the coating adhere any better.
Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by BoostJunkie
I don't mean to rain on your parade but exhaust temps on an N/A engine get to 1380 routinely, boosted can get even higher. I don't think it will hold up much better than most coatings like Jet Hot etc. I have never had a set of coated headers that didn't flake or peel or rust except for Swain Tech which is a true ceramic and goes on .030-.050 thick and is like arctic white 80 grit sand paper when finished, it may not be the prettiest but it works. It will slightly discolor mostly due to what comes in contact with it, but it sure is worth it when changing plugs on a hot engine, it really insulates.
Good luck with you turbos, I am interested in seeing if your attention to detail will help the coating adhere any better.
Keep us posted.
Good luck with you turbos, I am interested in seeing if your attention to detail will help the coating adhere any better.
Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by PRAY HRD
those are perty........who makes those flanges in the middle for the oil line fittings??? i like that purple a lot. can you perhaps pm me a link to them?
thanks,
Dave
thanks,
Dave
