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wrapping v ceramic coating

will lyons

will lyons

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I have just returned from NEC classic car show and had a discussion with people from a ceramic coating company who will coat exhaust manifolds and turbos in a range of colours.

Advantages are to keep the heat in the manifold (suggested equal to wrapping) ,cooler engine bay, my opinion looks fantastic but expensive a small manifold on display would be about £260 for ours we would need to know the length of pipes down to the crossover flange for each pipe and work on about £40 each foot.

Has anyone done it yet group buy discount for 10 or more but I didint think 10 of us would be prepared to pay out about £350 just to ceramic coat the exhuast manifold I have ther web details I will post later .........

Wil
 
Alright Will , I rapped my manifold just as effective and a lot more economical , Unless your doing for show purposes not a lot of people get to see the manifold . Become a Rapper Will

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You're really talking about insulation, the only difference is the technology involved. Ceramic coatings will give you better insulation per mm (i don't know what the actual comparative units of measurement are) so what you've got to ask yourself is that for the added cost of ceramic coating are you getting better than wrap for the equivalent cost. It's the same as insulating your loft. Is the fancy thin foil wrapped stuff better than the old fashioned glass fibre stuff on an insulating value per mm basis?

The biggest downside to ceramic technology in general in my view is robustness. It works fine but is incredibaly fragile (Challenger shuttle disatser!). Unless space (i.e. volulme) is your constraint why not go with the cheaper more robust alternative?
 
Just playing Devil's advocate, but does insulating the exhaust manifold run the risk of it overheating and cracking? After all, it wasn't designed to be insulated?
 
Yes there is a risk of cracking, especially if it is the original and over 20 years old, but I haven't heard of too many.
 
Will have you tried Camcoat in Warrington? I had their number in my phone for around 3 years but deleted it recently (Typical).
They do a satin black finish which is half the price as the chrome type finish.
I used them to coat a downpipe for another vehicle and the cost was just £50, with a two week turn around.
They may want to see the actual piece though before quoting.

Paul
 
I used Camcoat to coat my headers and crossover pipe. Was not massive expensive (210 quid rings a bell) and turned around quickly enough.

My reasoning was is looks better than lagging, it is supposedly more effective than lagging and once it's done you can still lag it as well for even better efficiency.

I personally don't think heat causes the manifolds to crack; I think it's 95% of the time due to an unrepaired collapsed engine mount.
 
I have just returned from NEC classic car show and had a discussion with people from a ceramic coating company who will coat exhaust manifolds and turbos in a range of colours.
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If you get it cleaned or a new one Camcoat will do the inside too IIRC
 
Since becoming a Rapper I now wear a baseball cap back to front every time I drive the 944 Turbo , but apart from this I can not say I have noticed any difference thank you.
 
Internal followed by external ceramic coating is preferable. A good DEI wrap on top wont do any harm either: the more heat that you keep in the better.
 
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