Hi,

Got a new PLM header, but it doesnt have any coating. It doesnt come with the nitrate coating anymore... so......

Does any of the PLM header owners have done a custom coating on this header? Is is worth it performance-wise(temp)?


Thanks

 

After running a stainless and a ceramic coated header on my Prelude, I would never run an uncoated header again; although it looks purty. Especially reading up on tuning. The exhaust manifold get VERY hot, even more so with a crap tune.

The coating prevents the heat from escaping from the header. This keeps exhaust velocity up and keeps the under hood temperatures down. Lower under hood temperatures, puts less strain on the coolant system and keeps intake temperatures down, which equals more power.

 

Thanks for the recommendation.

 

any diy coatings available?

 

If you did it yourself, you could always spray it with high temp paint.

I do my own powdercoating, and you can get high heat powders also for manifolds and such, so that could be an option.

 

I'm picking up the header tuesday night.

They're doing a sandblast prior to the ceramic coating job (black matte) on the header. Ill try to post before and after pics.

http://www.borikencoatings.com/index.html

 

Anyone knows if the stock heatshield mounted on the oem header fits the PLM?

 

no it will not. the mounting points for the stock heat shield are on the header itself. if there are no mounting hole, you cant mount it. the only after market headers to incorperate the stock header heat shield is ricks and both mugens

 

thanks for the info!

So the only option would be to solder it... but is it even worth it... after doing a ceramic coating on the PLM header?

 

I'd just leave it as is after the coating