Barry, they make ="high Temp" = P/C that is good for 1400 degrees, and the
exhaust manifolds on of my cars look as good today as they did some years
ago when they were coated, much, much, better than paint. The hi-temp P/C at
this time is only in flat black and silver, which really is what you want
anyway, flat for exhaust and silver for intake. Any idea what "Jet-Hot" that
they charge 150.00 for a T/R 3 manifold. ???
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: painting manifolds and EFI
>
> >Powder-Coat both as they should be, one time lasts a liftime, not even
> >thinking of how nice and clean they stand-out under the bonnet. "FT"
> ********************************
> Since this is the second reference to this I thought I would point out -
> The above excerpt was referring to an intake and/or exhaust manifold, and
> while powder coat would be fine for an intake, the exhaust manifold would,
> in normal operation, get much too hot for powder coating. You need
> something that could withstand closer to 1000-1200 degrees to properly
coat
> an exhaust manifold. Powder coating in it's current form is only good for
> about 400-450 degrees, it's curing temperature. I don't know exactly what
> your powder coated exhaust manifold would look like after extended usage,
> but I would bet it wouldn't be pretty -
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
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