Ceramic Coating Turbo Downpipe

On naturally aspirated motors non turbo we will typically coat the inside of headers as deep as possible.

Ceramic coating turbo downpipe.

The ceramic coating is applied evenly on both the inside and outside of the exhaust pipes preventing hot spots that can cause metal fatigue improves the laminar flow of your exhaust gasses prevents rust and corrosion of the ceramic coated parts. However if we think the coating will interfere with the fit of the header to the motor or the header to the mating exhaust part we will typically mask off those surfaces. If the manifold or pipe has been coated not only on the outside but the inside as well it can make it almost impossible to repair since it is very difficult to get the coating inside off to. Even if you bought titanium or good stainless steel parts a ceramic coating for headers exhaust pipes and turbo parts just to name a few actually improves their performance.

Get the ceramic paint used in this video here. Remember our coating is about 015 thick not a thin paint. Http bit ly 2mdcqd3 my first attempt and ceramic coating at home. It would be a real pain to have to take the downpipe off again and have it shipped off and back again just to be coated.

Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat. A high heat ceramic coating can provide protection keeping the heat internal to the system. In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000. The coating cannot be welded on so if you have a manifold or downpipe coated and it cracks and needs repair than repairing becomes a lot more difficult.

Over time this can weaken the cast housing. How important is it to have the downpipe coated. I just installed a prl downpipe and i m now reading a number of people saying to get a turbo blanket and the downpipe either heat wrapped or ceramic coated.