RE: Ceramic coated headers

From: Wisotzkey, Rich (Rich.Wisotzkey@gd-ns.com)
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 09:42:55 EDT

Hey John,
You might try giving JBA a call. Mine did the same thing only much quicker.
They re-coated mine at no cost other than shipping. (Mine are AirBorn
coated as well.) They told me the coating failed due to extreme
temperatures. The magnum engines produce more heat than others for some
reason. I had mine refinished in black as opposed to the silver since it
withstood another 1000°. I've even started noticing one or two spots on
these now after 3-4 years.

Don't know what has changed in the past several years, but initially all the
coatings were the same. The original formula was developed by four people
who broke up and started their own companies all using the same formula.
AirBorn, Jet-Hot, HPC, and ??? Shucks, I can't remember the name of the
other company. Anyway, if you think about it let me know what you find out.
I'm sure I'll be getting mine redone eventually.
Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: jon@dakota-truck.net [mailto:jon@dakota-truck.net]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:10 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Ceramic coated headers

JAMEPC@aol.com wrote:

: I just got my headers back from Jet-Hot Coatings and their awesome! I
: haven't measured and temps., but according to their web site, jet-hot.com,

: and testimonials, it does reduce underhood temps (compared to uncoated
: headers, not manifolds) not to mention the preservation factor. I had my
: Thorley Headers on for 500 miles before having them coated and they
already
: looked like crap! Well worth the 300 bux!
: James

   I was in on the JBA header group buy a few years back - they were
coated by Airborn (or Airborne?) coatings. However, they now have
several areas on them were rust/crud is starting to develop. Anybody
else notice anything like that? 

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