Big Al's EXA

angel · Post by **angel** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:47 pm

Rohan 84ET wrote:cant you get the exhaust manifold coated in ceramic stuff???

i think i have heard of that b4, maybe. . .. ???

yeh but its $$$$$

Rohan 84ET · Post by **Rohan 84ET** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:11 pm

ah righty O, how does it help tho??? does it keep the heat levels down???

how much roughly, i might look into it. cheers m8.

Post by **Ash** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:20 pm

the idea is to keep the heat inside the manifold so it goes through the turbo. as it's the heat energy that spins the turbo round. the more heat the better! plus it's good to keep the excess heat out of the engine bay

Rohan 84ET · Post by **Rohan 84ET** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:34 pm

ah, so it sounds like its well worth while then . . . how much money are we talking for it to be done . . . .couldn't be more than $500????

could it?

Post by **Ash** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:50 pm

i'm not sure how much it would cost to do a standard exhaust manifold. but i doubt it'd be over $500.

Rohan 84ET · Post by **Rohan 84ET** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:57 pm

cool, well it sounds like its well worth it . . . so i am definitely gonna look into it. i guess you would get this done at exhaust places??? hrmm, not too sure.

Timmzy · Post by **Timmzy** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:28 am

Hello,

You are smack on! Custom exhaust manifold cost me $410 cash from HPC. Other places do it too like Jet-Hot coatings and the like. Just google them.

There are 2 types:
- Inside and outside pipes ceramic coating, which is the expensive one above.
- Just the outside coating, which worked out to be ~$100 per meter. THis stuff has a lower temperature threshold though. Still nothing you will see out of our engines anyway.

So I got my exhaust manifold in the ceramic and my dump pipe done in the other stuff for $550.

Want more details/temperatures:

HPC High Performance Coatings PTY LTD
6 Watson Rd Leongatha VIC 3953
ph: (03) 5662 4338 Coatings--Protective

These are the guys that did mine.

They are into some heavy duty work. That ceramic coating is used on V8 supercars and Indy cars. Its the real deal.

Hope this helps

Darren.

Rohan 84ET · Post by **Rohan 84ET** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:46 am

cheers, i wonder if they have a franchise here in SA.

would be very keen to get this done.
ceramic inside and out.

thanx m8.

n12_15eT · Post by **n12_15eT** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:25 pm

All i did with the exhaust manifold was give it a good scrub with a wire brush then a good clean with solvent. Then gave at a quick coat of High Temp 1500Deg spary-pack from Supercheap Auto. This paint is for use on exhausts an manifolds. Makes the bay look heaps cleaner.

n12_15eT · Post by **n12_15eT** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:03 pm

Today i got around to doing a bit more work. I made up a bracket to mount the wastegate actuator. This will also be the flange for the intake to the turbo when i weld the pipe onto it.

This is the intercooler i bought for the car. Its fairly small measuring 280x300x75 but it will do for now. Flow wont be a problem, its a bar and plate core with 3" inlet & outlet. Not bad for $150 of ebay.

{TUBZ} · Post by **{TUBZ}** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:15 pm

watta cute cooler haha

n12_15eT · Post by **n12_15eT** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:22 pm

{TUBZ} · Post by **{TUBZ}** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:42 pm

when is it gonna be on the road bro??are you gonna be able to make it too the cruise??

n12_15eT · Post by **n12_15eT** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:48 pm

I would like to have it back on the road asap, i have all next week off work so ill be pumping it then and try to get her going by next friday. Can wait for it....

{TUBZ} · Post by **{TUBZ}** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:51 pm

lol...kool let me know the cruise is on the public holiday....my et gets regoed on wendsay and im gonna start putting all the goodies back in..should be good

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